tains liaison with Canadian counterparts for access to data obtained under 

 their programs. 



A new computer complex dedicated to an on-line data acquisition sys- 

 tem in support of the International Field Year on the Great Lakes is 

 scheduled for installation in the first quarter of fiscal year 1971. The general 

 purpose computer will have the capability for data processing, analysis and 

 storage/ retrieval and will be the hub of all systems of the GLRDC. Data 

 will be acquired by a remote system with on-line sensors. This initial use 

 will provide a basis for decentralization to other Great Lakes at the comple- 

 tion of the International Field Year. 



Other Repositories 



Individual Federal agencies maintain primary centers for their mission 

 related activities. The Department of Defense supports data repositories for 

 geodetic and bathymetric data for nautical charts, and for gravimetric and 

 geomagnetic data. In addition, the Navy's Fleet Numerical Weather Center 

 stores a wide variety of environmental data related to the ocean and at- 

 mospheric forecasting in support of operational needs. 



Table X-4 indicates the growth of Marine data center files. 



Table X-4 — Growth of Selected Oceanographic and Marine 

 Meteorological Observations 



National Oceanographic Data Center (Cumulative Acquisitions) 

 Datatype 1965 1965 1967 1968 1969 



Bathythermograph 



analog data 700, 000 



Bathythermograph 



digital data 114,000 



Station data 239, 000 



National Weather Records Center (Yearly Acquisitions) 



Marine meteorological 

 data — Cooperative 

 ship program 487, 200 422, 530 574, 654 568, 222 i 625, 000 



Bilateral agreements 939,000 875,000 875,000 i 962, 000 



International ex- 

 change 122,934 351,979 176,159 344,341 i 378, 000 



Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (Yearly Acquisitions) 



Samples : 



Received 15, 834 5, 207 7, 281 3, 427 2, 927 



Sorted 3,266 3,999 4,053 3,263 1,972 



Specimens : 



Sorted 4,973,438 3,397,692 6,885,141 3,483,181 3,491,589 



Shipped 915,668 3,636,005 989,595 910,057 1,148,411 



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