Data from synoptic observations have become increasingly important in 

 developing prediction techniques and in supplying information necessary 

 for climatic presentations „ Increased use of fixed stations - Texas 

 towers, ocean station vessels, and shore facilities - has given rise 

 to changing instrumentation requirements. Ocean survey and research 

 vessels also need more sophisticated instrumentation. Design work is 

 proceeding on a package system for these vessels. Data presentation 

 techniques will be reviewed to produce more refined and usable environ- 

 mental data. Emphasis will be directed toward presentation of data in 

 terms of operational problems. 



Bureau of Ships FY-62 $33U,000 



' FY-63 $570,000 

 Through programs at the Navy Electronics Laboratory and Lamont Geological 

 Observatory, the Bureau maintains an active interest in the distribution 

 of the physical and chemical properties of the ocean with emphasis on 

 the effect of distribution on sonar conditions. Emphasis is placed 

 on the spacial and. temporal changes of these properties with con- 

 siderable effort being directed to the Arctic region. A program of 

 near-shore oceanography is pursued by the Mine Defense Laboratory. 

 Again, this program has the application to military problems - mine 

 warfare - as the primary goal. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 



" Office of the Chief of Engineers FY-62 $30,000 



FY-63 $50,000 



The provision of navigation channels into the seacoast ports requires 

 studies of tides, salinity intrusion into bays and estuaries, and the 

 mixing of the saline waters with the fresh water. Studies of tidal 

 theory (including currents) as applied to coastal water and estuaries 

 and the methods of applying these theoretical studies to field 

 conditions will be continued as an important part of the research 

 program. 



The mixing of the saline waters with the fresh water has created problems 

 of silting by flocculation, and research on the nature of mixing and 

 flocculation is a continuing project in the field and laboratory. The 

 chemical and physical properties of estuarine waters to a considerable 

 extent determine the degree (and location) of shoaling. Work to define 

 these properties, and the basic mechanisms of their interactions, is 

 continuing. 



Beach Erosion Board FY-62 $ 22,000 



FY-63 $13U,000 

 Tidal currents at inlets and estuaries are important in beach erosion 

 processes near inlets. Studies of the nature of these tidal currents 

 are part of the Board's FY-1963 research project for the study of the 

 effect of inlets on adjacent beaches. 



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