for the Collection, Exchange, and Evaluation of Bathythermograph Data 

 (BATHY Pilot Project) was conducted from 1972 to 1975. In 1975 it was 

 converted into a permanent program called the IGOSS Operational Pro- 

 gramme for the Collection and Exchange of Oceanographic Data (BATHY 

 and TESAC). Operational instructions for the program are contained 

 in the Guide to Operational Procedures for the Collection and Exchange 

 of Oceanographic Data (BATHY and TESAC) . The Marine Pollution (Pet- 

 roleum) Monitoring Pilot Project (MAPMOPP) began in 1975 and continued 

 through 1978. The IGOSS General Plan and Implementation Program 

 for 1977-82 includes a pollution monitoring program linked to GEMS/ 

 EARTHWATCH. Operational istructions for this project are contained 

 in the Guide to Operational Procedures for the IGOSS Pilot Project 

 on Marine Pollution (Petroleum) Monitoring . IGOSS will include pilot 

 experiments in select ocean areas where its products can be applied 

 to oceanic analyses and forecasts relating to the determination of 

 fish distribution and in support of scientific experiments. 



Essential to IGOSS is the means for rapid communication of data. 

 To assist, the 1967 World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) 

 allocated radio frequencies for the transmission of ocean data. In 

 1974, the World Maritime Administrative Radio Conference (WMARC) 

 agreed to the retention of these HF bands. 



281. JOINT AIR/ SEA INTERACTION EXPERIMENT: JASIN 



A separate IGOSS program, JASIN, included experiments on the 

 mixed layer and seasonal thermocline in the Atlantic Ocean. JASIN 

 I, a preliminary program, was held in 1972; its participants were 

 the United Kingdom and the United States. JASIN II was conducted in 

 1977-78, and its participants were Canada, the Federal Republic of 

 Germany, and the Netherlands. 



282. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE TROPICAL 

 ATLANTIC: ICITA 



At its first meeting in 1961, the Intergovernmental Oceano- 

 graphic Commission (IOC) considered a proposal for a cooperative 

 study of the tropical Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea. The proposal was 

 adopted at the 1962 sessions of the Commission and became the first 

 international cooperative investigation to be organized by the newly 

 established IOC. Investigations taken include measurements of 

 physical, chemical, biological, meteorological, geological, and 

 geophysical aspects of the areas. The studies were in three phases, 

 known as EQUALANT I, II, and III. The first two phases were in 

 1963, and the third in 1964. Ten nations participated in one or 

 more of the phases. Associated with EQUALANTS II and III was the 

 Guinean Trawling Survey, described in entry 229. 



Data from the investigations are in the archives of the U.S. Na- 

 tional Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). Results of the three are 

 published in NODC's General Series of publications, numbers 3, 5, 

 and 7, respectively. 



283. GUINEAN TRAWLING SURVEY: GTS 



Conducted in 1963-64 to correspond with phases II and III of 

 EQUALANT, GTS consisted of trawling surveys of the continental shelf 

 and Gulf of Guinea. The Commission for Technical Cooperation in 

 Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA) was the primary sponsor; UNESCO 

 and its IOC, and FAO assisted. The Department of Technical Coopera- 

 tion of the United Kingdom and the United States Agency for Economic 

 Development provided principal funding. 



Bathythermograph and oceanographic station data taken during the 

 GTS were processed by and are available from the U.S. National 



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