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The AAAS, togethei" with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 

 Cultural Organization, organized and helped sponsor an International Ocean- 

 ographic Congress which was held at the United Nations Building in New York 

 from August 30, to September 12, 1959. The Congi-ess was designed to provide 

 a common meeting ground for all scientists interested in the oceans and thus 

 covered all possible aspects of oceanography. 



XVI. Lament Geological Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, 

 N.Y. Nonr 266 ( 48 ) —Cost-type contract NR 083-142 : 



Fiscal year 1959 (period: Jan. 1, to Dec. 31, 1958) $570,000 



Fiscal year 1960 (period: Jan. 1, 1959, to Dec. 31, 1960) 697,000 



The objective of this task is to conduct a program of marine geophysical 

 studies. Projects under this task include marine gravity investigations, mai"ine 

 magnetic measurements, marine seismic studies, oceanographie studies, and 

 submarine geology and photography. These projects will be integrated for 

 the purpose of obtaining a better understanding of the physical conditions and 

 processes existing in the oceans and of the origin and structure of the oceanic 

 basins. 



XVII. Woods Hole Oceangrophic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Nonr 2734 (00)— Cost-type contract NR 083-143: 



Fiscal year 1959 (period: Oct. 1. 1958, to Sept. 30. 1959) * .'?40, 000 



Fiscal year 1960 (period: Oct. 1, 1959, to Sept. 30, 1960) *40, OOO 



« One-half, DTMB. 



This ta.sk is concerned with the measurement of both the one and two dimen- 

 sional si^ectrum of natural wind generated waves at a wave tower facility in 

 Buzzards Bay for a variety of wind velocities. Analyses of these records will be 

 made and compared with the theoretical work of Neumann and others on 

 spectrum analyses of wind generated waves. Further application of these re- 

 sults will be used in determining the ranges of applicability of the Pierson-St. 

 Denis Theory (»f ship motions in irregular seas. 



XVIII. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Nonr 228(07)— Cost-type contract NR 083-144: 



Fiscal year 1959 (period: June 1, 19.59, to Nov. 30, 19<J0) .$15,040 



Fiscal year 1960 



This task involves a debiiled study of the distribution of oxygen in the bot- 

 tom waters of number of ocean basins off the coast of .southern California. In 

 addition to oxygen determinations, the temi)erature and salinity will be meas- 

 ured at each sampling point. 



XIX. Global Marine Exploration Co.. 650 South Grand Ave., suite 400, 

 Los Angeles, Calif. Nonr 2891(00)— Cost plus fixed fee NR 083-145: 



Fiscal year 1959 (period: May 1 to Dec. 31, 1959) $45,506 



Fiscal year 1960 Not renewed 



The objective is to make an engineering study to improve present drilling 

 techniques for very deep water application and to prove their feasibility. 



XX. Hudson Laboratories, Columbia University, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 

 Nonr 271 (35)— Cost-type contract NR 281-001 : 



Fiscal year 1959 (period : Sept. 1, 1958, to Aug. 31, 1959) .$547. 000 



Fiscal year 1960 (period : Sept. 1, 19-59, to Aug. 31, 1960) 2. 650, 000 



The immediate objectives include: (a) Research and sound propagation in 

 the ocean to determine the characteristics of transmission of low frequencies 

 of varying conditions of temi>eratures, dept bottom topography, and subbottom 

 geology; (6) determination of the nature and distribution of ambient noise in 

 the ocean and of exploitable characteristics of the noise output of submarines ; 



(c) investigation of the physical and chemical properties of wafer to discover 

 techniques for the detection of submarines by nonacoustic methods, including 

 pressure and turbulence studies, as well as studying submarine wakes in detail : 



(d) investigation of such detection systems, communication systems, and signal 

 processing techniques as are suggested by theoretical study and experimental 

 results of (a), (b), and (c) above. 



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