The National Oceanographic Dafa Center is sponsored by six government agencies 

 having an interest in the marine environment; it is governed by an Advisory Board com- 

 posed of representatives of these activities and the National Academy of Sciences. The 

 U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office is assigned responsibility for management of the 

 National Oceanographic Data Center. 



The Sponsoring Agencies are-. 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



Coast and Geodetic Survey 



National Science Foundation 



Department of the Navy 



Weather Bureau 



Printed by 



U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office 



Washington, D. C. 



1963 



Price 40 cents 



