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The Dept. of the Interior, in particular the Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries, is very much interested in air-sea interactions as they relate 

 to heating, cooling, upwelling, advection, convergences and the distribution 

 of fish, in particular the tuna. For this purpose the Bureau is assembling 

 month-by-month historical mean sea-surface charts, is correlating and 

 analyzing sea- level atmospheric pressures, sea-water temperatures, and winds 

 at the 20 stations in the North Pacific and studies the relationship between 

 winds, currents and other vector quantities. Studies are being made of heat 

 exchange at the air-sea interface to develop prediction techniques for eastern 

 pacific temperate tuna. 



There are many more projects going on in the Federal Government which 

 deal with this category. However, due to the limitations of time we are not 

 now able to mention them all. It is important to remember that these projects 

 are conducted within the agencies. A large number of projects are contracted 

 with universities and private research institutions. 



The following agencies are conducting or supporting research in air-sea 

 interaction: 



Department of Defense: 



Department of the Army 

 Department of the Navy 



Department of Health, Education and Welfare: 



Public Health Service 



Department of Interior: 



Bureau Commercial Fisheries; 

 Bureau of Sports Fisheries 



Department of the Treasury: 



Coast Guard 



Atomic Energy Commission 



National Science Foundation 



Department of Commerce: 



Coast & Geodetic Survey 

 Weather Bureau 



