652 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
IGY WORLD DATA CENTER A, OCEANOGRAPHY 
The World Data Center A, Oceanography, was officially relocated in Building 160, Washing- 
ton 25, D. C. on 8 March 1962, at which time Dr. Jacobs assumed its directorship. The bulk of the 
reference material from the Department of Oceanography and Meteorology of Texas A & M was 
delivered on that day; the remaining materials were transferred before the end of June 1962. 
At the time of the transfer the WDC-A holdings included data from about 25,000 oceano- 
graphic stations plus a variety of other data in various forms. Since this transfer, 763 stations have 
been added to the holdings; two shipments of documents have been received from WDC-B. A cross- 
index reference system of WDC-A and NODC assigned oceanographic cruise numbers has been 
established. 
