World Meteorological Otganization (WMO), 11-7 

 systems, studies, 11-7 

 technology development piogiams, new 

 aircraft, II-5 

 buoys, 11-5 



research program, 11-5 

 satellite, earth orbiting 

 ESSA, II-5 

 NIMBUS, 11-5 

 TIROS, II-5 

 Monitoring, payoffs, 11-63-67 



Monitoring system, present status {.see also Federal agen- 

 cies and Monitoring, environmental) 

 development, historical 



activities. Federal agencies, 11-15 

 Depot of Charts and Instruments, 11-15 

 Franklin, Benjamin, 11-15 

 hydrographic services, 11-15 

 Maury, Lt., 11-15 

 National Weather Service, 11-15 

 Prediction, marine, 11-15 

 recognition. Congressional, 11-15 

 universal system, 11-15 

 Federal agencies, programs 



Department of Commerce, 11-20-23 

 Department of Defense, 11-17-20 

 Department of the Interior, 11-25-27 

 Department of Transportation, 11-23-25 

 Federal effort, magnitude 



civil and military weather services. 

 Fiscal Year 1969, 11-16 

 funding 



Associated Meteorological Program, 11-16 

 Marine Weather Program, 11-16 

 Ocean Observing Prediction Program, 11-16 

 industrial activities 



ocean wave forecasts, 11-27 

 "one-man" oceanographic forecasts, 11-27 

 ship-routing forecasts, 11-27 

 other nations 



fishing forecasts, 11-27 

 international oceanographic forecasts, 11-28 

 sea ice prediction system, 11-28 

 thermal structure forecasts, 11-27 

 thermohaUne structure, forecasts, 11-27 

 tide and tidal current predictions, 11-28 

 Monitoring, technological development 

 automatic processing, 11-36 

 buoys, 11-37-39 

 data collection devices, 11-36 

 platforms and instruments, 11-36 

 platforms, moving 



aircraft observations, 11-41-42 

 buoys, drifting, 11-40-41 

 satellites, 1M2^6 

 ships of opportunity, 11-39-40 

 MONSTER buoy, 11-37 

 Monterey Bay, VII-105 



Mooring Systems, buoys, and surface support platforms 

 (see also Fundamental technology) 



I 



airports, offshore, VI-5I 

 breakwaters, mobile, VI-5 1 

 FLIP, Vl-5 1,52, 54 

 lifts, heavy, 



mooring systems and buoys 

 needs, future, Vl-52-53 

 situation, current 

 anchor, VI-5 1 



navigational buoys, Vl-5 1-52 

 positioning system, dynamic, VI-5 2 

 stable surface, Vl-5 2 

 watch circle, VI-5 2 

 National Data Buoy System, VI-5 1 

 platforms, surface support 

 logistics, VI-54 

 mass traps, VI-54 

 Project Mohole, VI-54 

 ships 



ASRs, VI-5 3 

 IV-501,V-53 

 Sealablll, VI-53 

 support, diver, VI-54 

 systems, stabilization, VI-54 

 vehicle handling, VI-54 

 recommendations, VI-5 5 

 rope, nonmetaUc, VI-5 5 

 SPAR, VI-5 1 

 Mortimer, C.H., 1-39 



Moses Lake, water quality, restoration measures, VI-127 

 MSTS 



monitoring, appraisal, 11-31 

 transportation, ocean, 11-64 

 MTS (see Marine Technology Society) 

 Multilateral agreements with the United States (see also 

 individual entries) 

 Convention for the Establishment of an Inter- 

 American Tropical Tuna Commission, 

 VIII-120-122 

 Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the 



Living Resources of the Sea, VIII-105-107 

 Interim Convention on Conservation of North 



Pacific Fur Seals, VIII-116-120 

 International Convention for the Conservation of 



Atlantic Tunas, VIII-126-129 

 International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic 



Fisheries, VIII-108-1 10 

 International Convention for the Regulation of 



Whaling, VIIl-122-126 

 International Convention on the High Seas Fisheries 

 of the North Pacific Ocean, VIII-1 10-115 

 Multilateral agreements in which the United States 

 not a party 

 Convention for the International Council for the 



Exploration of the Sea (ICES), VIII-148 

 European Fisheries Conference, VIlI-148 

 General Fisheries Council for the Mediterranean, 



VIII-148 

 International Commission for the Scientific Explora- 

 tion of the Mediterranean, VIII-148 

 Joint Commission for Fisheries Cooperation, VIII-148 



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