National Tsunami Warning Center, III-91 

 satellite observations, II-5, 42, 44 

 tsunami research, III-91 

 Weather Bureau, III-90 

 Erosion 

 planning 



long reach, VI-1 07 

 short reach, VI-1 07 

 Shoreline 

 causes 



construction, shoreline, 111-29 

 inland development, III-29 

 Storms, III-29 

 characteristics, III-29-30 

 coastal planning, 111-32 

 mechanical bypassing of sand, III-31 

 National Study of Shoreline Erosion, III-32 

 sand deposits, 111-32 

 shore protection 

 groins, 111-32 



interposing structure, III-32 

 Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina Project, 

 III-32 

 ESSA (see Environmental Science Services Administra- 

 tion) 

 Estuaries 



areas, definition, 111-183 

 Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966, III-8 

 definition. III App. F. 1 

 effective use, 1-3, 24 

 management and development, 1-24 

 research centers, 1-43-44 

 shape, changing, 1-24-25 

 study imperative, I-l 2 

 Eurasian Milfoil (see Pests, species, proliferation) 

 Euratom (see European Atomic Energy Community) 

 European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), 



nuclear pollution, VIll-80 

 European Nuclear Energy Agency, nuclear pollution, 



VllI-80 

 Eutrophication 



accelerated, manifestations, III-43 



Chandler, David C, 111-42 



coastal zone, "National Needs," surveys, projects, 



111-42 

 contributors, III-43 



agricultural runoff, contributors, III-44 

 municipal wastewater 

 detergents, 111-44 

 phosphorous, III-43 

 problems, 111-42 

 Eutrophic phase, Great Lakes, problems, VI-1 21 

 Executive Order 9634, 1945, coastal zone, "National 



Needs," III-l 35 

 Executive Order 1 1 288 



coastal zone, "National Needs," 111-135 

 Navy, 111-102 

 poUution, 111-54-55, 102 

 Expendable bathythermograph, ships of opportunity, 

 11-42 



Experimental Continental Shelf Submerged Nuclear 



Plant, VI-245 

 Experimental Diving Unit, hyperbaric facilities, VI-79 

 Extraction (see Chemical extraction) 



FAA (see Federal Aviation Administration) 



Fairways, navigation, 111-26 



Fails accomplis, wait-and-see policy, VIII-24 



FAO (see Food and Agriculture Organization of the 



United Nations) 

 Federal agencies {see also individual entries; monitoring, 

 environmental and monitoring system, present 

 status) 

 Atomic Energy Commission, 1-13, 111-104-105 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 111-81-84 

 Bureau of Land Management, 111-88 

 Bureau of Mines, 111-88 

 Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, III-89 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and WildUfe, III-86-88 

 Corps of Engineers, 11-27, 111-97-100 

 Department of Commerce, Environmental Science 

 Services Administration 

 Analysis and forecast services, 11-21 

 Marine weather activities, 11-21 

 meteorological communications systems, 11-22-23 

 meteorological records, 11-23 

 mission, 1-13, 11-20-21, III-90-92 

 National Meteorological Center, 11-21 

 oceanographic data, 11-23 

 slack water time, prediction, 11-21 

 storm warning service, 11-21 

 surf and breaker forecasts, 11-21 

 tidal currents, prediction, 11-21 

 tsunami prediction, 11-21 

 VHF/FM, 11-23 



waters, prediction of times and heights, 11-21 

 Department of Defense 

 involvement, 1-2, 13 

 Naval Oceanographic Office 



Anti-Submarine Warfare Environment Predic- 

 tion System, 11-19-20 

 ice prediction, 11-20 

 optimum ship routing program development, 



11-20 

 prediction techniques, 11-19 

 wave forecasts, 11-20 

 Naval Weather Service Command 



data-processing computer network, 11-18 

 maritime forecasts, 11-17 

 meteorological services, 11-17 

 oceanographic forecasts, 11-17 

 operational oceanographic support, 11-17 

 Sonar analysis/forecasts, 11-19 

 surface current, 11-19 

 thermal structure programs, 11-18-19 

 wave forecasting, 11-19 

 Navy communications 



Naval Environmental Data Network, 11-19 



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