INTRODUCTION 



This report, the fourth in a series, provides the scientific community 

 and other interested persons with information, data inventories, and lists of 

 scientific reports derived from U.S. IDOE projects. The text is arranged accord- 

 ing to established program areas for IDOE. Details of subprograms are given 

 under appropriate programs. Ongoing (currently funded) projects are listed. 

 Brbliographies follow subprogram text. 



The Appendix contains the National Marine Data Inventory (NAMDI) 

 and the Report of Observations/Samples Collected by Oceanographic Pro- 

 grams (ROSCOP). Both are summaries of reported observations made during 

 the period covered by this Report. During the early part of 1974 the NAMDI 

 data inventory form was replaced by ROSCOP. This new form has been 

 accepted by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) 

 and put into use by member countries. ROSCOP is similar to NAMDI, but 

 provides for a greater choice of parameters and for identifying the 10° and 1° 

 geographic squares for each data parameter. All IDOE grant holders must 

 now submit ROSCOP reporting forms to NOAA Environmental Data Service's 

 National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). In the Appendix the ROSCOP's 

 are arranged in the same program sequence as the text. 



Two charts follow the Appendix. The first shows ocean areas for which 

 data, NAMDIs, ROSCOPs, and track charts have been received by NOAA's 

 Environmental Data Service (EDS) during the period covered by this report. 

 The second shows ocean areas for which data have been received by EDS 

 from January 1970 to April 1975. Each area is about 600 by 600 nautical 

 miles and, although entirely shaded, may contain only one reported observa- 

 tion. 



EDS either has the data, information, track charts, and papers described 

 in this report in one of its center archives or knows where they may be 

 obtained. Queries may be addressed to any of the following EDS centers: 



National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



Washington, D.C. 20235 



Tel: (202) 634-7234 



IDOE Project Leader: A. R. Picciolo 



Marine Geology and Geophysics Branch 



National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center (NGSDC) 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



Boulder, Colo. 80302 



Tel: (303) 499-6338 



IDOE Project Leader: P. J. Grim 



Environmental Science Information Center (ESIC) 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



Washington, D.C. 20235 



Tel: (202) 634-7334 



IDOE Project Leader: W. Hardy 



National Climatic Center (NCC) 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



Federal Building 



Asheville, N.C. 28801 



Tel: (704) 258-2850 Ext. 765 



IDOE Project Leader: R. Quayle 



