NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
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INTRODUCTION 
Federal support for the National Oceanographic 
Program for Fiscal Year 1965 has been developed 
within the framework of the recently completed 
Long Range National Oceanographic Plan (1963- 
1972).* This plan sets forth the national goals 
and describes the contributions of the various fed- 
eral agencies to these goals. The program is carried 
out in part by scientists and technicians in govern- 
* Federal Council for Science and Technology, Oceanog- 
raphy, The Ten Years Ahead, A Long Range National 
Oceanographic Plan, 1963-1972 Interagency Committee on 
Oceanography Pamphlet No. 10, June 1963, 58 pp. 
ment laboratories, bureaus, and offices; and a most 
essential part is carried out by universities and 
research institutions with government support. In 
the following pages a concise account is given of 
the federal effort proposed in FY 1965 to maintain 
the momentum in oceanography developed in the 
last few years and to modify the direction and pace 
of the program in the light of new knowledge or 
of new perspective. The total budget proposed 
here is $138 million, $14 million more than was 
appropriated by the Congress in FY 1964. The 
relative emphasis of the five fields of research are 
portrayed in Table I on page 2. 
Table I* 
National Oceanographic Program Research Budget, by Problem Area 
(thousands $) 
FISCAL YEAR. 
PROBLEM AREA Esti- President's 
mated Approximate Budget 
1963 1964 1965 
1. Physical Properties and Motion of the Sea $11,812 $15,000 $20,524 
2. Ocean-Atmosphere Inter-Relationships 4,000 5,500 5,890 
3. Biological Properties 15,000 18,500 18,611 
4. Structure and History of the Ocean Floor 12,500 15,000 19,235 
5. Modification of the Sea 8,900 10,000 8,862 
Total Research Budget $52,212 $64,000 $73,122 
* These figures include support for research performed within the International Indian Ocean Expedition Program. They 
equate to the sum of the Research and MOE functional areas in the budget tables. By prior arrangement, the meteorology 
program carried out within IIOE is reported by the Interdepartmental Committee on Atmospheric Sciences; this tends to de- 
press the apparent support given to objective II. 
