Table 7-2.—Federal laboratories conducting research related to marine 
science and engineering (continued) 
Department or agency 
facility and location 
Function 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE) 
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory 
Schenectady, N.Y. 
Brookhaven National Laboratory 
Upton, N.Y. 
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 
Livermore, Calif. 
Hollifield National Laboratory 
Oak Ridge, Tenn. 
Pacific Northwest Laboratory 
Richland, Wash. 
Savannah River Laboratory 
Aiken, S.C. 
Argonne National Laboratory 
Argonne, Ill. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE 
Goddard Space Flight Center 
Greenbelt, Md. 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
Pasadena, Calif. 
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 
National Space Technology Laboratories 
Earth Resources Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, 
Miss. 
Wallops Flight Center, Wallops Island, Va. 
Performs engineering, research and development work relate to de- 
sign, improvement and operation of nuclear power plants suitoble for 
naval vessels. 
Research in the physical and biological sciences and engineerir :. 
Fundamental and applied research and development related to nu lear 
sciences and use of atomic energy. 
Conducts an interrelated program in nuclear medical research. 
Energy technology, materials research and development, phy iical 
sciences, life sciences, environmental research and nuclear wea sons 
development. 
Research and development in support of present and future Savannah 
River products. 
Applied and basic aspects of nuclear research. 
ADMINISTRATION (NASA) 
Development and demonstration of applications of visible, infrared, 
and passive microwave aerospace remote sensing technology to sea 
ice, living marine resources, and coastal zone processes monitoring. 
Development and demonstration of applications of active microwave 
aerospace remote sensing technology to measurements of sea state 
conditions and sea ice. 
Research and development of multispectral visible aerospace remote 
sensing technology for applications to surveys of living marine re- 
sources and the quality of the coastal water environment. 
Demonstration of, and transfer of active microwave aerospace ice 
cover remote sensing technology to Federal agencies for operational 
use in obtaining ice conditions in the Great Lakes and Alaska coastal 
waters. 
Demonstrate to, and train other agency personnel in the use of 
multispectral visible and infrared aerospace remote sensing technology 
for coastal zone land utilization and wetlands mapping. 
Development and demonstration of applications of aerospace radar 
altimeter technology to mapping of ocean surface topography and 
measurements of sea state conditions. 
leading universities and perform research in oceanog- 
raphy, limnology, meteorology, upper atmosphere 
and space physics, and remote sensing of the atmos- 
phere and ocean. In-house activities are supple- 
mented by research sponsored through contracts 
and grants. 
At the request of the NOAA Administrator, the 
Ocean Sciences Board of the National Academy of 
Sciences reviewed NOAA’s R&D program. From 
May 1975 to May 1976, review teams were sent to 
a number of NOAA laboratories. These teams eval- 
ua-ed the quality of research done by NOAA labora- 
tories and assessed the effectiveness of the labora- 
tories in terms of equipment, facilities, personnel, 
management, and quality of research. The academy 
report, released in late 1977, included analyses of 
the strengths and weaknesses of each laboratory 
visited and recommendations to improve their effec- 
tiveness." 
11 National Academy of Sciences. The Quality of NOAA's 
Ocean Research and Development Programs—An_ Evaluation. 
Washington, D.C., 1977. 
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