Planning; An Oceanic Quest; the Vice President's statement of intent to 

 participate; the various Resolutions of the U.N. General Assembly and 

 of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ; and other relevant 

 documents. The National Science Foundation has since provided the man- 

 agement and financial support for the United States' initial contribution 

 to the International Decade of Ocean Exploration, an important element 

 and the acceleration phase of the Long-Term and Expanded Program of 

 Oceanic Exploration and Research. 



In the first year of its existence, the National Science Foundation 

 Office for the IDOE has described the U.S. program and projects for the 

 Decade as they have evolved for the purpose of encouraging greater par- 

 ticipation in the IDOE by all interested nations. Although the U.S. pro- 

 gram will draw attention to selected scientific areas, a stronger interna- 

 tional effort will result from combining the views and requirements of 

 many nations. It should also be noted that the program, described in this 

 report, will continue to evolve as new teams of scientists and engineers 

 form, as their proposed work is reviewed, and as special workshops and 

 conferences indicate a need for new directions or greater effort. 



The Office for the IDOE is organized as shown in Figure 1. Program 

 managers oversee a number of major projects within the three general 

 categories of interest: Environmental Quality, Environmental Forecast- 

 ing, and Seabed Assessment. 



Special Assistant 

 International Affairs 



HEAD 



International Decade of 



Ocean Exploration 



Program Manager 

 Environmental Quality 



— East Coast Baseline-Data Project 



Special Assistant 

 Technology and Engineering 



Program Manager 

 Environmental Forecasting 



— Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment 



West Coast Baseline-Data Project 



Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean 

 Baseline-Data Project 



- Global Baseline Data (GEOSECS) 



Historical Baseline Data 

 (Museum Collections) 



Program Manager 

 Seabed Assessment 



Coastal Upwelling Experiment 



Deep-Ocean Circulation (GEOSECS) 



— Paleo-Oceanographic Study 



Eastern Atlantic Continental 

 Margin 



- Nasca Lithospheric Plate Study 



Small Ocean Basin Studies 



- Workshop on Manganese Nodules 



Descriptive/Predictive 

 Global Modeling 



— Durham Workshop 



International Bering Sea 

 Symposium 



Figure 1. Organization of the U.S. Office for the International Decade 

 of Ocean Exploration. 



