666 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
DATA ANALYSIS 
A special study begun in FY-62 was continued during FY-63 for the Naval Underwater 
Ordnance Station (NUOS). This request required the development of special data processing, inter- 
polation, quality control, and computational techniques for oceanographic station data. The NODC 
has prepared for NUOS numerous special graphs, analyzed plots, and computed products based on 
900 oceanographic stations. In addition, the NODC has been analyzing various aspects of the 
physical environment for this study. A final report on this work request will be submitted to NUOS 
at the end of the first quarter of FY-64. 
During the last quarter of FY-63 the NODC was requested by the Bureau of Commercial 
Fisheries (BCF) to conduct a special analysis of maximum and minimum bottom temperatures on 
George's Bank. All available oceanographic station, BT, sea surface temperature, and air tempera- 
ture data were investigated and a search was conducted for descriptive literature on bottom 
temperatures in the area. Data were selected and plotted on base charts and analyzed for 
expected maximum and minimum temperatures. The contours which have been constructed will be 
drafted and these final products and a brief text will be provided to the BCF. 
DATA EVALUATION 
During the second quarter of FY-63 the NODC was able to recruit personnel with oceano- 
graphic/meteorological background to work on a project requested by the Office of Naval Research 
(ONR) late in FY-62. The project consists of collecting data from the transmissions of the Navy 
Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device (NOMAD), inspecting and comparing these data 
with other independent data collections, and evaluating the data for use in oceanographic and 
meteorological applications. 
All the data concerned with NOMAD have been collected, collated, and plotted for analytical 
purposes. A pilot study has been completed and an evaluation by comparison with independent 
data is about one-half completed. A final report on the evaluation will be submitted to ONR during 
the second quarter of FY-64. 
In addition to the evaluation of the data, the NODC has been requested to provide an 
“optimum placement of NOMAD buoys” design. 
COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography has requested the NODC to develop a computer 
program for surface current data. This program will summarize the H1-9 surface current data by 
one-degree squares and month. The computer program will provide resultant vector speed, direction, 
and the Vy and the Ve components. The average speed will be computed without consideration 
of direction. If, however, observations number less than four, only the individual current observa- 
tions will be printed out. 
The program was begun late in June. The work is scheduled for completion in August 1963. 
DATA REPRODUCTION 
The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) has requested a major amount of data 
for particular ocean areas for various geographic and operational studies. For the Indian Ocean, 
the NODC has provided the sea, swell, and sea surface temperature data properly arranged for 
magnetic taping. By the end of FY-63 approximately one-half of the station data requested had 
been provided. For a specified area of the Eastern Atlantic the NODC has provided to the 
NAVOCEANO all BT's (analog), summaries of sea surface temperatures, sea, and swell, and station 
data for approximately 10,000 stations of 30,000 stations in the area. 
