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the air-sea interaction program. The Council supported the designation 

 of special responsibility in this area to DOC as an experiment to be 

 reviewed at the end of one year. The Council further agreed to the 

 following specific statement of this responsibility as it appears in 

 the minutes: 



"Planning Responsibilities for Interagency Air/Sea Interaction 

 Research 



1. The Department of Commerce is responsible for coordinated 

 planning of the Federally- supported air/sea interaction program. 



2. This program will be developed in consultation with the 

 participating agencies through their representatives on a joint 

 ICO/lCAS ■ air/sea interaction panel. 



3. The program developed by DOC will be submitted jointly to 

 ICO/lCAS for review. 



k. These air/sea interaction plans will be submitted to the 

 Federal Council for Science and Technology for endorsement as components 

 of National Programs in Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences. 



5. Agencies are responsible for funding, conducting, and other- 

 wise managing their portions of the program, consistent with their 

 statutory missions. Such portions are those either initially proposed 

 by an agency for support, or added by mutual agreement between the 

 agency, K)C, and the joint panel. 



6. DOC will undertake funding needed to fill out the remaining 

 important components of the total program plan consistent with its 

 statutory missions. Area studies of transfer processes represent one 

 such compoment." 



The intention of the Council is to stimulate activity and provide 

 effective leadership and coordination of the air/sea interaction program. 

 I am glad to endorse the Council's statement, which should serve to 

 amplify Dr. Wiesner's earlier memoranda on the subject and should clarify 

 the relationship of DOC to the other agencies in this area. 



/s/ Don 



Donald F. Homig 



The Department of Commerce responded organizationally to the assigned 

 responsibility by establishing a Sea-Air Interaction Laboratory (SAIL) which 

 is operated jointly by the Weather Bureau and Coast & Geodetic Survey. 

 Furthermore, in order to provide a mechanism for coordination of the program 



