NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
TABLE 2 
(Thousands) 
Objective FY 1963 FY 1964 
1. Physical and Chemical $10,555 $11,565 
Properties; Dynamic 
Processes. 
2. Ocean-Atmosphere 4,000 5,200 
Interrelations. 
3. Biological Properties. 13,000 17,600 
4. Sea Floor Studies. 10,500 13,600 
5. Modification From 8,900 14,600 
Man's Activities. 
$46,955 $62,565 
B. INSTRUMENTATION 
The recommended expenditure in instru- 
ment development and procurement in FY 1964 
is $8.88 million, an increase of 28.9 per cent 
over FY 1963. 
An important segment of these funds will be 
expended in development and procurement of 
unmanned buoys. Research on oceanographic 
buoys is presently being sponsored by the Navy, 
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Weather Bu- 
reau, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, 
and Public Health Service. Important develop- 
ment effort is underway at the Scripps Institu- 
tion of Oceanography, and the Woods Hole 
Oceanographic Institution. These programs are 
considered of extreme importance by the ICO, 
and coordinated programs will be developed to 
the maximum extent possible. Effort is being 
concentrated on increasing the accuracy and 
precision of sensing elements, devising means 
of anchoring buoys in deep water, and improv- 
ing telemetering. No other aspect of the instru- 
mentation program holds greater promise for 
the future of oceanography than buoy systems. 
An integral part of the planning for Ocean 
Surveys is the work being done by the Naval 
Oceanographic Office on the development of 
shipboard instrument systems for survey ves- 
sels, and of more compact and portable systems 
for installation on "Ships of opportunity.'' A 
substantial bonus to the National Oceanographic 
Program instrumentation effort will be derived 
from this Office's extensive development in the 
Anti-Submarine Warfare Environmental Pre- 
diction System (ASWEPS). 
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The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries is 
giving much-needed attention to the development 
of biological sampling devices, particularly 
large nets, mid-water trawls, and other gear 
for measuring the abundance of fish and other 
marine organisms. An instrumentation group 
is being established within the Bureau for the 
following purposes: 
(1) To provide instrumentation services 
for BCF biological laboratories and exploratory 
fishing bases. 
(2) To develop special instrumentation re- 
quired by fisheries scientists. 
(3) To coordinate instrument development 
being carried out by other Bureau units. 
(4) To coordinate instrumentation activi- 
ties with those of other bureaus. 
The Bureau of Mines is conducting engi- 
neering research and development on devices 
for deep and shallow sampling of sediments and 
hard rock below the ocean floor. Recovery of 
long, undisturbed cores of representative min- 
eral matter from deep holes, not heretofore 
considered practical, is a major goal. Develop- 
ment of new instruments or conversion of exist- 
ing instruments for shipboard evaluation of 
ocean floor resources is another feature of the 
Bureau of Mines program. 
The Geological Survey is developing a 
variety of new geophysical instruments for 
studying the bottom of the ocean, whereas the 
Weather Bureau is continuing its efforts in the 
measurement of the air-sea interface. 
Improvements in the instrumentation of its 
Ocean Station Vessels, lightships, and patrol 
vessels by the Coast Guard will greatly increase 
their output of time series data of great value 
to all agencies with interests in the ocean. 
The ICO will continue to study the Naval Oce- 
anographic Office's newly established Instrumen- 
tation Test and Calibration Center as a prototype 
ofthe proposed nationalcenters. Development 
and testing at the new Center will contribute to the 
programs ofallICO member agencies. 
Perhaps none of the programs listed here are 
more timely than those of the Coast and Geodetic 
Survey and the Oceanographic Office on the ma- 
chine processing of oceanographic data and the 
improvement of capabilities for the conversion, 
analysis, presentation, and transmission of oce- 
anographic information. 
The FY 1964 budget for equipment and in- 
strumentation is outlined in Table 3. 
