II. OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICES 



National Oceanographic Data Center 



FY 1965-$1,016.000 

 FY 1966 -$1,1 80, 000 

 FY 1967 -$1,363, 000 



The operating costs of the National Oceano- 

 graphic Data Center are for the accjiiisition, 

 processing, archi\ing, and exchanging of oceano- 

 grapliic chita. This amotmt is not the total national 

 budget for data processing, as many agencies 

 include the cost of data reduction and data 

 processing required to fulfill their missions imder 

 such items as "Stu'vey," and "Research." Funds 

 in these categories are tised to: (1) process data 

 manually or automaticalh', on board shij) or on 

 shore, after completion of a survey; (2) request 

 services (data and/or analytical) from existing 

 archives such as the National Weather Records 

 Center, Coast and Geodetic Sur\ey (tidal data) 

 and the World Data Center "A" (oceanographv, 

 magnetism, and gra\itv). 



NODC is continuing its efforts in developing 

 storage and retrieval systems to accommodate the 

 many manuscript data acctimulations. S\stems 

 for processing oceanographic station data, BT 

 data (digital and analog), cmient (drift) data, 

 certain geological data (information concerning 

 core, dredge, and grab samples, and chemical 

 anahses of bottom sediments); and certain 



biological data (ph\toplankton, primary pro- 

 ductixity, zooplankton, and benthos) already are 

 operational. S\stems for processing certain other 

 types of physical and chemical data (coastal sta- 

 tion data, non-nutrient chemistry data, expendable 

 BT data) and geological data (engineering prop- 

 erties, underwater j3hotogra]5hy) will undergo 

 final testing in FY 1966 and are scheduled to be 

 operational in FY 1967. Developmental work is 

 also planned to derive systems to process and 

 archive additional marine geological and biologi- 

 cal information and wa\e and ice data. 



Automation of quality control methods will 

 continue to be stressed and extended to co\er a 

 variet\' of data types. By FY 1967, it is anticipated 

 that systems for comparing oceanographic data 

 with matliematical models will be in the testing 

 stage. Implementation of these methods hope- 

 fulK would take place late in FY 1967 or early 

 FY 1968. Sim]5le automated cjualitx control 

 methods currently in tise will become more refined 

 and definitive b\ Y\ 1967; older s\stems as well 

 as systems developed in FY 1966 will be expanded 

 to take care of a broader spectriun of oceano- 

 gra])hic data. 



E\aluation, repimching, and editing of surface 

 data from H-19 ledgers will be completed during 

 FY 1967. Em]:)hasis will also be on the editing and 

 qualiiN checking of oceanographic data recei\ed 

 from the \arious ship of opportuiiit\ piograms. 



Table H 

 AGENCIES SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC D.ATA CENTER 



U.S. Navy 



U.S. Army 



Enxironmental Science Sersices .Administration 



Biueau of Commercial Fisheries 



Cieological Sur\e\- 



National Science Foundation 



Atomic Energy Commission 



Public Health Ser\ice 



Federal Water Pollution Contiol .Administration 



U.S. Coast Ckiard 



TOTAL 



88 



