the atmosphere and to determine the amount being absorbed by the sea., 

 These studies will attempt to determine if man is significantly 

 modifying the world's climate through the introduction of large 

 quantities of C0 2 into the air from the burning of fossil fuels. 



The extensive program on air-sea interaction at New York University will 

 be accelerated by enlarging the staff and replacing the present ship 

 with a larger and more efficient vessel,, NYU will continue to direct 

 their interest toward prediction capabilities by integrating computer 

 techniques into their investigations. 



In the Gulf of Mexico,, Texas Agricultural & Mechanical College has a 

 moored buoy recording ocean temperatures at intervals to 1000 feet in 

 depth in addition to measuring several surface meteorological phenomena. 

 These results, coupled with the towed thermistor chain in the sur- 

 rounding area, will provide data on spacial and temporal exchanges far 

 exceeding that now available , In FY-63 it is planned to expand the 

 program of buoy, tower and ship instrumentation. 



Work on energy exchanges between the water, ice and atmosphere is being 

 conducted in the Arctic by the University of Washington, It is being 

 carried out in close cooperation with the Arctic Research Laboratory 

 at Point Barrow, 



Fundamental research is conducted on the whole spectrum of wave energies. 

 New York University will continue to expand its theoretical work on 

 non-linear aspects using the La Grangian system. This work is proving 

 to be very successful, and it is intimately related to non-linear 

 problems of ship motion, Chesapeake Bay Institute, having explored the 

 field of waves generated in limited fetches, will shift its emphasis to 

 directional spectra and the problem of the skewed distribution of wave 

 energy over the spectrum. The theoretical work will be followed by 

 experimental verification, Scripps Institution of Oceanography has 

 concentrated its effort in wave research on digital techniques. These 

 have proven to be very effective for directional spectrum analysis. Use 

 of high speed computers with new techniques to remove errors and the use 

 of mathematical filters will continue to receive a great deal of attention 

 from SIO, 



Hydrographic Office FY-62 $100,000 



FY-63 $299,000 

 Both high density time series data in a local area of the ocean and 

 the atmosphere, and synoptic information over broad areas of the 

 ocean are important in the study of ocean-atmosphere relations. 

 Investigations of the sea surface by the Hydrographic Office will be 

 in close cooperation with the basic research program of the Office 

 of Naval Research, but will be directed specifically to problems 

 requiring an ability to predict oceanic characteristics. 



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