NOTE 
Adoption of the Metric System and Celsius Scale 
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Com- 
mission, 
Noting that international adoption of the 
Metric System and Celsius Scale should be one 
of the major keys of promoting marine sciences, 
Considering that the use of the Metric Sys- 
tem was recommended by the Working Group 
on Data Exchange held in Washington from 7 
to 10 August, 1962, (Ref: NS/IOC/2-5(c)); 
Noting further that data are to be submitted 
to the World Data Centres in the Metric System 
and Celsius Scale. 
Bearing in mind that for purposes of inter- 
national exchanges of meteorological data, the 
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 
has already adopted the said system at its 3rd 
Congress, 
Recommends that member countries of IOC 
take the necessary steps to encourage, as far as 
possible, the use of the Metric System and Cel- 
sius Scale in their oceanographic publications. 
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