678 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
IGY WORLD DATA CENTER A, OCEANOGRAPHY 
On 7—10 August 1962, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Working 
Group on Data Exchange met at the NODC. 
Attending were: 
Dr. W. S. Wooster United Nations Educational and 
Cultural Organization/Intergovernmental 
Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO/IOC) 
Commodore K. P. Ryzhkoy World Data Center-B (WDC-B) 
Dr. P. H. Kutschenreuter World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 
Dr. R. R. Revelle Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) 
RADM. E. C. Stephan International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB) 
Dr. J. R. Rossiter Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) 
Dr. J. W. Smed International Council for the Exploration 
of the Sea (ICES) 
Dr. W. C. Jacobs World Data Center-A (WDC-A) 
The Working Group prepared a Provisional Guide for Exchange of Oceanographic Data 
(NS/IOC/2-5(c)) which was endorsed by the 2nd Session of the IOC, Paris, 20—28 September 1962 
(UNESCO/NS/180). As a result of recommendations of the Working Group and those of the 
earlier 20—22 June 1962 IOC Working Group meeting at NODC (WP/WDC/62-2/Final, Appendix 
C), the duties and responsibilities of WDC-A, Oceanography, have been increased to make it the 
central collection agency for oceanographic data from international programs, currently the Inter- 
national Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) and ICITA. Since WDC-A has traditionally handled only 
processed data for cataloguing and dissemination, the receipt and handling of unprocessed (raw) 
data, and coordinating the processing of these data, impose additional technical and administrative 
problems and workloads not heretofore budgeted. 
The preliminary draft of the final catalogue of data for the IGY/IGC period; i. e. July 1957— 
December 1959, was received from WDC-B late in December. It required six months of intensive 
work to verify the data holdings, edit the catalogue and prepare 216 pages of typescript copy of 
text, catalogue materials, charts and indices, for final photo-reproduction and printing as part of the 
Annals of the International Geophysical Year, Pergamon Press, London. 
The 10th and 11th 6-monthly catalogues of data were also completed during FY-63 and 
forwarded to the WDC-A Coordination Office for printing in the IGY General Report Series. The 
10th 6-monthly catalogue was printed and distributed in October 1962, as IGY General Report No. 
17. The 11th 6-monthly catalogue is currently in press. 
During the period 1 July 1962 and 31 December 1962, data for 8,225 stations were 
provided to WDC-B. 
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