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regard, the programs are very fitting for inclusion in the agency, though the 

 Stratton Commission did not so recommend. 



There are some parts of the DOD program that are closely enough related to 

 the specific military needs of the agency, that it might be better to have them stay 

 with DOD. Without more extensive study, I cannot make a firm recommenda- 

 tion as to which parts should be transferred to a new ocean-atmo.sphere agency. 

 I suspect, however, that it would be in the overall national interest if these com- 

 ponents, at the very least, transferred : 



(a) AVork on mathematical modelling and on the large-scale circulation of the 

 atmosphere. 



('b ) Fundamental work in cloud physics and cloud electrification. 



(c) Studies of the solar spectrum, both experimental and theoretical, includ- 

 ing stellar and solar modelling. 



(d) Most of the aeronomy and solar physics work, including the outstandingly 

 successful solar-terrestrial studies, and related space-environmental studies. 



(e) The Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory work, with its uniquely powerful 

 and important radar and radio astronomical research capabilities. 



(//) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, FY 1970: $7,315,000 



Air pollution abatement is a central problem of atmospheric sciences, and it 

 seems to me essential to include the support and extension of such programs 

 within a proi^erly constituted ocean-atmosphere agency. Its pursuit must go 

 hand in hand with research on atmospheric dynamics, diffusion, and turbulence. 

 This area of work must gain vastly expanded support, and with it must come im- 

 proved focus and quality of effort. This work was not encompassed by the 

 Stratton Commission recommendations, but I believe it must be included if an 

 ocean-atmosphere agency is created. However, it may be more practical to leave 

 the establishment and enforcement of air pollution standards in HEW, especially 

 those related to health standards. 



(5) Department of Interior, FY 1970: $5,550,000 



Most of the researchers now carried on under the atmospheric science pro- 

 grams of this department seem to me to be of central interest to a properly-con- 

 stituted ocean-atmosphere agency. 



Rainfall augmentation is a central goal of the Interior programs today. This 

 goal is intimately related to the problems of hail suppression, lightning suppres- 

 sion, and climate-modification. I believe all belong within a single well-coordinated 

 agency. 



(6) Department of Transportation, FY 1970: $470,000 



The DOT programs in atmospheric science are rather directly tied to the needs 

 of the air-trafiie-control system of the nation. In my view this probably puts them 

 in a category of such close relevance to the agency's mission that inclusion within 

 the new agency will not result in substantial benefits. However areas of research 

 having to do with "mountain waves" and their relation to "clear air turbulence," 

 of great importance to aviation, should be conducted within the ocean-atmosphere 

 agency and should be intensified. 



(7) Atomic Energy Commission, FY 1970: $7,2^9,000 



Much of the AEC's work in atmospheric turbulence and in dynamic meteorology, 

 it seems to me, could be effectively brought within a broad ocean-atmosphere 

 agency. Some of the specific trajectory work for radioactive fallout, on the other 

 hand, should probably remain an AEC responsibility. 



(S) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, FY 1970: $70,243,000 



The best division of responsibility between NASA and a properly constituted 

 ocean-atmosphere agency is a diflacult matter to recommend. However, the problem 

 requires a direct confrontation and solution. If NASA orients its post-Apollo thrust 

 towards the earth applications, then meteorology and atmospheric sciences gen- 

 erally offer promising public benefits through space applications, and it may be 

 that an appropriately large and focussed effort will materialize most eft'ectively 

 and economically if these efforts are kept within NASA. If, however, earth- 

 directed applications research, and specifically if the meteorological programs 

 continue to play a very subdued, second-fiddle role as compared with man-in-space 

 programs, meteorology should probably be removed from NASA and centralized 

 in a new agency. If this is done, it should embrace all aspects of space-based 

 meteorology now in NASA except, perhaps, actual vehicle design and launch. The 



