Computer Divisions of the Lake Survey Center (LSC); the Geophysical 

 Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), which supports basic research into 

 the dynamics of geophysical fluids in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, 

 and cryosphere and whose research efforts are facilitated by the 

 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program (GFDP), a joint NOAA/Princeton 

 University Research Center (PURE) effort; the National Hurricane 

 and Experimental Meteorology Laboratory (NHEML), which became a 

 full-fledged research affiliate within ERL in 1978 to perform basic 

 research on hurricanes and cumulus connection and the atmospheric 

 environments in which they occur and interact and whose projects 

 includes Stormfury, a program to study the possibilities of modifying 

 hurricanes; the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) which con- 

 centrates on improving the understanding of severe storms; the Wave 

 Propogation Laboratory (WPL) established as a focal point for devel- 

 opment and application of new methods for remote sensing of the 

 geophysical environment and which includes a seastate group concerned 

 with the remote measurement of ocean waves and surface currents; and 

 the Weather Modification Office (WMPO), responsible for evaluating 

 social, legal, and economic consequences of Federal weather modifi- 

 cation projects, and for overseeing a comprehensive program of basic 

 research on hurricanes, connective clouds, and severe storms. 



372. OFFICE OF OCEAN ENGINEERING: OOE 



Established in NOAA in 1977 upon recommendations of NACOA, OOE 

 is the overall coordinator of all Federal civilian ocean engineering 

 programs and is responsible for research to develop services related 

 to ocean engineering and undersea operations and to serve as a na- 

 tional focal point for knowledge related to civil ocean engineering. 

 It includes three major activities: the Manned Undersea Science and 

 Technology Office (MUS&T), the NOAA Data Buoy Office (NDBO), and the 

 Ocean Instrumentation Engineering Office (OIEO). 



MUS&T was established in NOAA in 1971 to review the U.S. manned 

 undersea activities (MUA) that meet the needs of NOAA. It partici- 

 pates in many projects including FLARE — the Florida Aquanaut Research 

 Expedition in which a small transportable habitat called EDALHAB was 

 deployed for use of divers conducting experiments to support the con- 

 cept that living coral reef communities can be used as experimental 

 habitats; and SCORE — the Scientific Cooperative Research Expedition 

 in the Bahama Banks in 1975 where saturation diving, deep air excur- 

 sions, and submersible lockout techniques were used in deep reef 

 studies. 



Together with NOAA' s Office of Sea Grant, the Department of the 

 Navy, and the State University System of Florida's Institute of Ocean- 

 ography, MUS&T developed a scuba curriculum called SITS — Scientists 

 in the Sea. It was also responsible for initiating Project DUMAND — 

 Deep Underwater Muon and Neutrino Detection — now a multiagency pro- 

 ject. It maintains the National Underwater Laboratory System (NULS) 

 and operates NOAA' s manned underwater station (MUS) or manned under- 

 water laboratories (MUL). 



NDBO had its antecedents in the National Data Buoy Development Pro- 

 ject (NDBDP) established in the U.S. Coast Guard in 1967 following 

 recommendations from various advisory committees dating back to 1959. 

 In 1970 NDBDP was transferred to the newly created NOAA where it was 

 renamed the NOAA Data Buoy Office (NDBO). Originally placed in 

 NOAA's National Oceanic Survey it was transferred to the Office of 

 Ocean Engineering when that Office was established. 



NDBO is responsible for the National Data Buoy Program (NDBP) which 

 includes the development and management of data buoys in support of 

 scientific research and of monitoring, forecast, and warning services. 



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