tative work is presently underway on the application of data gathered for 

 specific oceanic uses such as fisheries, charting, transportation, and defense. 

 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration as the lead agency 

 responsible for coordination of space sensor technology, techniques for 

 space oceanography, and testing of new developments, continued its activi- 

 ties in these areas during 1969. The Spacecraft Oceanography Project Office, 

 established at the Naval Oceanographic Office under a NASA/Navy agree- 

 ment, continued to provide support by monitoring NASA developmental 

 contracts, conducting technical symposia, and coordinating working-level 

 agency interests. Interagency coordination was effected through the Earth 

 Resources Survey Program Review Committee. 



The effective employment of new techniques, such as infrared thermal imagery is 

 shown in these photographs. Conventional aerial photography (top) and infrared 

 thermal imagery (below) taken at m.idday under ideal photographic conditions. The 

 shoreline was not distinguishable in detailed stereoscopic study of the photograph. 

 However, thermal imagery of the coastline corresponds exactly to that shown in 

 summer photography. 



Many of the problems associated with sensing the ocean from high 

 altitudes, and the techniques for solving them, are common to both aircraft 

 and satellites. Because of this commonality, many current experiments are 

 being carried out from aircraft due to their greater flexibility and lower cost. 

 During the past year, emphasis was placed on the testing of sensors over 

 specific ocean test sites. Among the activities relating to both airborne and 

 satellite systems were the following : 



1 . Missions were flown to obtain radar scatterometry data over various sea 



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