Marine Science Affairs 



Table Xil-2. — ^Funding for Ocean Observation and Prediction 



(In millions of dollars) 



Estimated Estimated President's 

 Agency fiscal year fiscal year budget 



1968 1969 fiscal year 



1970 



Department of Defense 



Navy 



Corps of Engineers 



Department of Commerce (ESS A) . . . 



Department of Transportation (Coast Guard) . . 



NASA 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Total 28.8 31.6 32.1 



Environmental prediction services operated by ESSA for civilian use 

 include : 



— high seas, coastal, and Great Lakes marine weather forecasts; 



— tropical storm, hurricane, and storm surge warnings and forecasts; 



— tide and tidal predictions from a network of 122 stations along the 



coast and within major embayments ; 

 — publication of charts showing tidal current patterns for each hour 



of the cycle in major U.S. harbors and estuaries; 

 — breaker and surf forecasts for the beaches of southern California ; and 

 — tsunami warnings. 

 Specific achievements in 1968 included: 



— establishment of VHF-FM radio stations in Norfolk, Atlantic City, 



and Tampa to provide coastal weather broadcasts (ESSA) ; 

 — activities of computer-produced 24- and 48-hour sea state predic- 

 tions for the North Atlantic and North Pacific (ESSA) ; 

 — establishment of a pilot estuarine flushing and non-tidal current 



prediction service for the Penobscot Bay (ESSA) ; 

 — development of computer-produced charts for tsunami arrival times 



in the Pacific (ESSA) ; 

 — completion of a Federal Plan for Marine Meteorological Services 



(Commerce) ; 

 — initial forecasts of wave heights four times daily in the Great Lakes 



(ESSA) ; 

 — testing of a numerical hydrodynamical model for water level and 



current predictions in harbors (Navy) ; 

 — development of a "live atlas" — new data formats and application 



of computer technology — which reduces time for scanning North 



Atlantic ocean ographic stations from 9 hours to 11 minutes (Navy) ; 



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