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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION—Continued 
Fiscal year 1974 resources 
Amount 
Organization Principal contact Data activity capabilities Man-years (thousands) 
Division of Environmental Sci- Mr. Albert Crary, head. In addition to the standard 
ences, 1800 G St., NW., Wash- rights-in-data clauses in all 
ington, D.C. NSF grants, DES issues a de- 
tailed letter to each grantee 
(since November, 1972) pre- 
scribing data arrangements 
to be made with appropriate 
national data centers. EDS 
is provided, semi-annually, an 
annotated list of NSF/DES 
grants for which data arrange- 
ments are probably of in- 
terest. 
Office of Polar Programs, 1800 G Mr. Kendall Moulton, In both Arctic and Antarctic 
St. NW., Washington, D.C. acting deputy head. oceanographic research sup- 
port, grantees are urged to 
deposit physical oceanograph- 
ic data with NODC. Some 
physical oceanographic infor- 
mation is filed with biological 
marine data at the Smith- 
sonian Oceanographic Sorting 
Center. In all cases, the 
normal outlet is through 
publication in scientific jour- 
nals which in themselves 
serve as repositories for data. 
Office of National Centers and Mr. Daniel Hunt, Jr., The information handling sys- 
Facilities Operations, National head. tem for the deep sea drilling 
Ocean Sediment Coring Pro- project (DSDP) is operated by 
gram, 1800 G St. NW., Wash- Scripps Institution of Ocean- 
ing, D.C. ography. Data are distributed 
to requesters as_ printouts, 
photographs, computer plots, 
punched cards, and nagnetic 
tapes. in addition to the 
recular publication of the 
initial reports of the deep sea 
drilling project, the initial 
core descriptions, and a series 
of technical reports. The 
system is expected to be 
expanded during the inter- 
national phase of ocean drill- 
ing extension (1975-80) and 
will be especially designed to 
(1) process data for inclusion 
in the published initial re- 
ports of the deep sea drilling 
project; (2) produce a pub- 
lished guide to DSDP core 
material; (3) produce stand- 
ardized presentations cf data 
for each drill site; (4) assist 
in core repository manage- 
ment. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Center for Short-Lived Phenom- Mr. Robert Citron, di- Descriptions of nature and loca- 2.0 $40 
ena, Cambridge, Mass, rector. tion of short-lived events of 
scientific interest (sea floor 
landslides, earthquakes, ani- 
mal migrations, storm surges, 
new islands, volcanism, oil 
spills, fish kills, marine mam- 
mal beachings and migrations, 
tsunamis, etc.) are relayed to 
CSLP. Data cards prepared 
and indexed for retrieval and 
immediate notification of 
events sent to subscribers in 
each category. Contract level 
is $24,000, 
