IMATIOIMAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 



ON 



OCEAIMS AND ATMOSPHERE 



Washington. D.C. 20230 



To the President and the Congress; 



Sirs; 



I have the honor to submit to you the first Annual 

 Report of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and 

 Atmosphere. ■» 



The Committee was established by P.L. 92-125, approved 

 on August 16, 1971, and was directed to submit a comprehensive 

 annual report to the President and to the Congress setting 

 forth an overall assessment of the status of the Nation's 

 marine and atmospheric activities. 



This report is submitted to the Secretary of Commerce 

 for transmittal as provided by the statute. 



Respectfully, 



William A. Nierenberg 

 Chairman 



June 30, 1972 



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