62 ADVANCEMENT OF MARINE SCIENCES 



Three agencies within the Department have direct responsibihties 

 in connection with such a program. They are: 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 Weather Bureau. 

 Maritime Administrat ion . 

 Under section 7 of S. 901 the Secretary would be authorized and 

 directed to do the following: 



(1) Request aiui obtain cooperation in the program from other 

 Government agencies, and cooperate with educational institutions, 

 laboratories, industries, and other public and private organizations 

 and individuals who may be of assistance in the program. 



(2) Initiate and carry out a program for the replacement, moderni- 

 zation, and enlargement in the number of oceangoing ships for use in 

 ocean and coastal surveys and research by the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey. 



(3) Construct and operate Coast and Geodetic Survey shore facil- 

 ities adequate to support effectively the ships referred to in the 

 preceding paragraph. 



(4) Develop, construct, or acquire new or improved techniques, 

 instruments, or equipment for ocean research or exi:>loration. These 

 woidd include specified instruments which would increase the effective- 

 ness of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in its statutory responsibilities. 



(5) Fm-nish maps, charts, and other publications and products of 

 scientific value of the Coast and Geodetic Survey without charge to 

 educational institutions, laboratories, and otlier public and private 

 organizations and individuals when it is determined that to furnish 

 such information is in the national interest. 



(6) Inaugurate within the Weather Bureau a comprehensive, 10- 

 year study of the interchange of energy and matter between the 

 oceans and the atmosphere and the implications of this interchange 

 in connection with long-range weather forecasting. 



(7) Introduce or expand the use of infrared thermometers for 

 measurement of sea-surface temperatures in connection with detection 

 of incipient hurricanes, instruments for measiu-ements of wave accel- 

 eration and pressure, and instruments for measurements of solar radia- 

 tion in the marine environment. The bill stipulates that these 

 studies, as well as that stated in the preceding paragraph, may be 

 carried out by means of contracts with public or private organizations, 

 or by grants to scientific institutions carrying on such studies. 



(8) Expand investigations and studies by the Weather Bureau of 

 the mechanism by which weather conditions lead to anomalies in 

 ocean surface temperature and the manner in which these anomalies 

 modify the subsequent weather; the basic mechanism of the transfer 

 of momentum from the air to the sea, the relationship of wind velocity 

 over water to that over land, and the extent to which wave pressure, 

 as distinct from wind stress, contributes to the piling up of water 

 against the coasts during severe storms and hurricanes. These studies 

 also, section 7 provides, may be carried out by means of contracts 

 with public or private organizations, or by grants to scientific institu- 

 tions carrying on such studies. 



(9) Develop, construct, or acquire new and improved instruments, 

 techniques, or equipment for use by the Weather Bureau. These shall 

 include, but shall not be limited to, infrared radiation thermometers, 

 air-wind measuring equipment for use on moving vessels, marine 



