These programs are not funded as part of the Coast Guard research 

 program, but through the budgets of the Ice Patrol and Ocean Station 

 Vessels* 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



Fi-62 $2,150,000 

 FY-63 $2,U50,000 

 The Earth Sciences Program of the Division of Physical, Mathematical and 

 Engineering Sciences supports a variety of research aimed at developing 

 a better understanding of the dynamic processes associated with the 

 physical and chemical properties of the ocean. Oceanography is supported 

 at some 30 universities, colleges and other institutions; the investigations 

 include the coastal and near -shore waters as well as the deeper areas of 

 the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Caribbean Sea and the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



Theoretical investigations and model studies on general circulation and 

 exchange rates are being undertaken by scientists at New York University, 

 Harvard University, the Johns Hopkins University and the University of 

 Washington. Such work will advance our understanding of oceanic current 

 development and estuarine and coastal circulation. 



Major field studies aimed at elucidating the character of both deep and 

 shallow water circulation are being undertaken by Scripps Institution of 

 Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Oregon State Uni- 

 versity, the University of Miami, the University of Washington, Texas A&M 

 College and Rhode Island State University. 



Likewise, the chemistry of sea water is being investigated by various 

 means. For example, mass spectrographic analyses of dissolved gases 

 are being accomplished at Amherst University, Scripps, and the University 

 of Washington. These efforts are concentrated on quantities such as 

 oxygen-l8, nitrogen-15, carbon dioxide, deuterium, argon, etc., for the 

 purpose of understanding the history of sea water and the exchange 

 processes between the sea surface .and the atmosphere. Trace element 

 chemistry of both the stable and • radioactive isotopes are being investigated 

 at Scripps, Woods Hole and Miami. 



The U. S. participation in the International Indian Ocean Expedition is 

 being supported in part by the National Science Foundation. Scripps, 

 Woods Hole, Lamont and Rhode Island will conduct physical and chemical 

 oceanographic programs. In addition the R/V ELTANIN will operate in 

 Antarctic waters. 



The National Science Foundation support of research vessel construction, 

 conversion, and operation will enhance the physical and chemical inve .- 

 gations in the oceans as well as all other oceanographic research programs. 



