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various depths by all possible meaas. All United States ships participa- 

 ting in the IIOE will be eqtiipped for such water sainpling, and the direct 

 measurement of current flow is the particular object of a University of 

 Rhode Island expedition embarked in the Scripps Institution vessel ARGO. 



The third major field of interest is the living populations, plant 

 and animal, of the Indian Ocean, All United States ships vail be equipped 

 to sample plankton and to observe surface biological phenomena, and some 

 will measure primary productivity. The research vessel ANTOIf BBOTBT will 

 have biological oceanography as her primary mission, and the Stanford 

 University vessel TE VEGA, will concentrate on biological and physiological 

 studies of island groups and other shallow water areas. 



The fo\irth main area of research is concerned with the interaction 

 between the ocean and the atmosphere. Several of the U, S, research 

 vessels that will work in the Indian Ocean will be equipped to make 

 upper-air meteorological observations, but the United States will have 

 the greater part of its meteorological effort based ashore. Observations 

 from meteorological aircraft of the U, S, Weather Bureau and of Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution, working in connection with the Inter- 

 national Meteorological Center that has been established with the 

 assistance of the Government of India and the United Nations Special Fundj 

 from meteorological satellites | and from meteorological buoys (to be 

 planted in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea with the help of the Indian 

 Navy) , will be utilizied in the program, 



SCIEM-IFIC PROGRAMS OF INSTITUTIONS 



As indicated in the preceding paragraphs, research programs of all 

 United States vessels participating in the IIOE will contribute to at 

 least two of the four fundamental areas of interest | many will contribute 

 to three I and some to all four. For this reason, it is more practical 

 to describe the programs in detail by setting forth the past, present, 

 and planned cruises of each institution. 



SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHI 



The Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of 

 California at San Diego plans to undertake three major cruises to 

 the Indian Ocean under the overall direction of Dr. Robert L, Fisher. 

 The first of these, called MONSOON, was carried out by the research 

 vessel ARGO according to the following itinerary s 



