UNITED STATES 

 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE 



SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS STAFF 



1700 WESTLAKE AVE. N., ROOM 336 



SEATTLE, WA 98109 



OFFICIAL BUSINESS 



NOAA SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS 



The Sdiii'iuil Ocvimic mid Aimniplwi 

 CommcriL- ,.n Ocloht-r .V I97{l The mission 

 111 naiural and Icchnoiogjcal changes in ihc ei 

 the oceans and Iheir living resources, ihe air 



The major componenis of NOAA 

 lion in Ihe following kinds of publieaiions 



■ Ailimni\iraiiiiii was csiahlished as pan of Ihe DcparlmenI of 

 •esponsihiliiies ol NO VA are lo assess ihe socioeconomic impact 

 .ironmeni and lo nioniior and predict ihe stale of the solid Earth, 

 iispherc. .ind the sp.ice environmeni of the Earth 



egularU produ 



tvpes of seientifie and technical informa- 



PROPFSSIONM 



research resulls, m 

 ligations. 



PXPFRS — Imporlant definil 

 ijor lechniqiies. .ind sp^-ci.il inv 



CONTRACT AND GRANT RFPORTS — Reports 

 prepared h> conir.ictors nr gr.iniees under NOAA 

 sponsorship. 



ATLAS — Prcscnialion of anahvcd data generally 

 in Ihc form of maps showing distrihution of rainfall, 

 chemical and physical conditions of oceans and at- 

 mosphere, distribution of fishes and marine mam- 

 mals, ionospheric conditions, etc. 



ITCHNICM SER\ ICF Pl'BLICATIONS — Re- 

 ports coiitaininc tUiia. observations, instructions, etc. 

 A parlial listing includes data serials; prediction and 

 otillook periodicals: technical manuals, training pa- 

 pers, planning reports, and information serials; and 

 niiscellancous technical publications. 



TECHNICAL REPORTS — Journal quality with 

 extensive dftlails. mathematical developments, or data 

 listings. 



TECHNICAL MEMORANDUMS — Reports of 

 preliminary. p;irtial. or negative research or technol- 

 ogy results, interim instructions, and the like. 



lilobilily of NOAA publkotii 



be obtained horn: 



ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE INFORMATION CENTER (D822) 



ENVIRONMENTAL DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE 



NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



6009 Executive Boulevard 

 Rockville, MD 208S2 



