276. FIRST INTERNATIONAL SATURATION STUDY OF HERRING AND HYDRO- 

 ACOUSTICS: FISSHH 



An underwater research mission conducted by the National 

 Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) of the United States in cooperation 

 with the Federal Republic of Germany and using their underwater 

 laboratory, HELGOLAND. The study is being made off Rockport, Mass. 



277. GLOBAL NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING: GNEM 



This proposed network would be capable of measuring biological 

 and physical parameters to establish ecological baselines that will 

 lead to a better understanding of human impact on the biosphere. 

 Coordinating agencies as proposed include ICSU and UNEP. 



278. GLOBAL NETWORK FOR MONITORING THE BIOSPHERE: MABNET 

 Proposed is a global network of environmental monitoring eco- 



stations, together with a communication network, an extensive data 

 storage and retrieval system, and an international biosphere research 

 center to develop ecosystem models for evaluating human impact on 

 the environment and to develop plans for the rational management and 

 conservation of the natural resources of the environment. 



279. ICE SHELF DRILLING PROJECT: ISDP 



Proposed by the SCAR Group of Specialists on Ice Shelf Drilling 

 Projects, the ISDP porogram was accepted by SCAR and the first project, 

 the Ross Ice Shelf Project (RISP), is being developed. 



280. INTEGRATED GLOBAL OCEAN STATION SYSTEM: IGOSS 



This cooperative program provides more extensive and timely 

 ocean information and predictions of the state of the ocean and its 

 interaction with the atmosphere, and supports research on ocean 

 processes. IGOSS was conceived in 1967 and has been developed jointly 

 by IOC and WMO to meet the need for global oceanographic information 

 comparable to the meteorological information supplied by the World 

 Weather Watch (WWW). 



The IGOSS General Plan and Implementation Program for Phase I was 

 adopted by IOC and later by WMO in 1969. The 1977-1982 plan was 

 adopted by both in 1977. Organizations developed to implement IGOSS 

 are described in entry 39. 



IGOSS is intended to be an amalgamation of national environmental 

 monitoring and prediction systems brought together as a dynamic 

 worldwide system for measuring or observing the marine environment. 

 The system, known as the IGOSS Observing System (lOS), will include 

 expanded monitoring of the oceans from ships, buoys, aircraft, satel- 

 lites, and shore or island-based stations. The basic component of 

 lOS is collectively known as the IGOSS Basic Observation Network 

 Design (IBOND). The IGOSS Data Processing and Services System (IDPSS) 

 will provide an international basis for preparation of oceanographic 

 analyses and forecasts by World Oceanographic Centres (WOCs), Special- 

 ized Oceanographic Centres (SOCs), and National Oceanographic Centres 

 (NOCs), each of which has specific functions regarding the kind of 

 data to be processed. Important to the system is the archiving and 

 retrieval of IGOSS data. World Data Centers A and B for Oceanography 

 (WDC-A and -B) , responsible National Oceanographic Data Centers 

 (RNODC's), and National Oceanographic Data Centers (NODC's) have 

 been assigned specific procedures for handling IGOSS data. The pro- 

 cedures are outlined in the Manual on IGOSS Data Archiving and 

 Exchange . IGOSS also provides for predictions of significant charac- 

 teristics of the marine environment and the development of ocean 

 behavior models for improved predictions. The IGOSS Pilot Project 



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