comprehensive experiments dealing with the interaction of 
oceans and atmosphere being supported strongly by the United 
States and other nations. 
Four years ago, as a result of recommendations of the National 
Academy of Sciences, the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteoro- 
logical Experiment (BOMEX) was mounted in the Caribbean 
by a combine of Federal agencies and United States universities 
and private corporations to study the details of ocean /atmosphere 
exchanges. On the horizon is the First GARP Global Experiment 
scheduled to take place in 1978. This will involve all nations 
of the world in the largest and most comprehensive attempt to 
gather the observations on a global basis which will provide us 
with the information we need to test our theories of climate 
and look into our predictive capabilities by means of high-speed 
computers. These activities are proceeding with the Department 
of Commerce/NOAA as the lead agency for coordination and 
with key participation from the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of 
Defense, and Department of Transportation. 
In addition to these efforts under GARP, the United States 
has, through the National Science Foundation’s International 
Decade of Ocean Exploration Program (IDOE), committed 
additional substantial resources towards examination of other 
aspects of the ocean/atmosphere system which will be critical 
to our understanding of climate. These involve a commitment 
to the North Pacific Experiment, an air/sea experiment covering 
the entire North Pacific Ocean, and the Mid-Ocean Dynamics 
Experiment which is studying the dynamics of ocean current 
systems. The National Science Foundation, through its Office of 
Polar Programs, is organizing the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint 
Experiment which is studying the dynamics of polar ice con- 
ditions. These programs are supplemented by extensive efforts 
in the assembly and archiving of climatological information 
from the world through the Environmental Data Service of 
NOAA. 
I point to these achievements to indicate that the resources 
being directed towards the problem of climate are substantial 
and have been deployed to meet key problems as specified and 
recommended by the National Academy of Sciences including 
a report to the U.S. GARP Committee now in final preparation 
