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U.S.^D^EPA^RT^M^E^NT^O^FCOMME^RCE ^Na^tional O^ceanic and A^t^mo^spheric ^Admini^stra^tion
Advisory Committee Currents Chan^ge Shelf^,^
Holds First Meetin^g Undersea Project Finds
l
Secretary o^f Commerce Maurice *H. *Stans
(le^ft) administered the oath of office
^Dece^mber 8 to members of the National Ad-
visory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. ^T^hi^s^tran^s^par^e^n^t-no^s^ed,two-man ^s^ubmarine, t^he
*^°r^. William A. Nierenber^g (center), Di- Per^ry PC^S^, ^wa^s ^use^d ^by Dr. Swift in ^his s^tu^dy o^f^
^rector of the *Scripps Institution of *O^-^ the^co^ntine^nta^l^shelf.
*^ceanography, is chairman of the committee.
*^°^r. Robert *M. White (right) *NOAA Admin- A *NOAA scientist—Dr. Donald Swift of
istrator^, assisted at the ceremony. The the Environmental Research Laboratories^'^
*^25-member advisory group ^was appointed Atlantic Océanographie and Meteorolo^gical
^recently by President Richard *M. Nixon Laboratories in Miami—has found evidence
^to assess and report annually on all ^Fed- seriously challen^ging the l^o^ng-held theory
^e^ral programs in marine and atmospheric that nothing significant has happened to
^science. th^e continental shelf since it ^was flooded
after the ice age.
Donald *F. ^Moore Is Chairman During 13 mini-s^ub dives along the Ne^w^
Jersey coast early in October in one of
Of *NOAA/DOD Plannin^g Board *NOAA's first Manned Undersea Science and
Techn^ology *(MUS^&T) programs, he found that
^An Interdepartmental Board for the Co- storm currents move *seafloor sediments
^operation of the National Oceanic and about, causing slo^w but unmistakable
Atmospheric Administration ^with the De- changes on the continental shelf.
^partment of Defense has been established Dr. Swift believes the changeable cur-
^t^o plan the ^duties of *NOAA in the event rents of the ocean over a perio^d of time
*°^f a national emergency. constitute the "climate" of the continental
Donald *F. Moore^, *NOAA^'s Assistant Ad- shelf and that these currents act on the
^ministrator for Policy and Plans, has been topography of the shelf in a manner anal-
*a ogous to the actions of the climate on the
Ppointed by Secretary of Commerce Maurice
*^H.*Stansto chair the Board. The *DOD *rep- topography of land*.
*^r
^esentative is Rear Admiral William *J. Currents during fair weather, Dr. Swift
*^Kotsch, Deputy Director of Operations *(En- has concluded^, have little or no eff^ect
*v on the topography of the continental shelf.
ironmental Services), Office of the Joint
^C^hiefs of Staff. During storms, however^, th^ere are *consider-
*^(Con^finue^d on page 2)
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*NOAA/NWS Hurricane Warnin^g Evaluation Conference Held
^The*NOAA/^N^ationalWe^ather Servic^e Hur- ricane Center. Dr. Robert *H. Simpson,
ricane Warning Eval^uation Con^ference was Director, *NHC, reported on this pro^gra^m,
held at the National Hurricane Center^,^ which is being promoted by the Office of
M^ia^mi^, ^Fia., on ^November ^2^2^-^23. About ^45 Emergency P^repar^edness. Other concerned
people ^from NWS, National E^nvironmental Federal a^gencies and the ^Red Cross are
Satellite Service, National Océanog^raphie involve^d in developing a pilot evacuation
Data Center^, Research ^Flight Facility, plan. They are basing their plans o^n two
*NOAA, an^d the ^University of Mia^mi attended. types of storms, that is, a m^aximum storm
Included in the presentations and dis^-^ a^nd nominal storm. Use of evacuation
cussions ^were; shelters, rather than a large mass exodus,
—An Exper^imental Technique for the will be emphasized.
Analysis and Forecasting of Tropical Stor^ms —^The Term "Bulletin" to Be Highlighte^d,
from Satellite Pictures by NESS. This re- with all Advisories and Intermediate *Bullg.^"^
port, by *Vernon Dvorak, technical assistant tins. Samuel *O. Grimm, Jr., Chief of NWS
to the chief of NESS Analysis Branch, pre^-^ Emergency Warnings Branch, Weather Analysi^s^
sented a satellite picture technique for and Prediction Division, and Edwin P. Wei-
the analysis of developing tropical storms. gel, NWS Public Affairs Officer led this
—National Data Buoy Cente^r Activities
discussion. "Bulletin" will be placed on
with special em^phasis on the development
the first line above the present advisory
^pro^gram and potential applications, includ-
and b^ulletin h^eadin^gs to highlight these
ing collection of data ^which may be used issuances for the news media and the pub-
for tropical analysis and forecasting.The
report, presented by ^Ralph A.^Zette^l^,chief lic.
of the *ND3C *Rockville staff and special —Classification of Hurricane Disaster
^Potential b^y the National Hurricane Cente^r^.^«^
assistant (scientific) to the Director,
*NDBC, Mississippi Test Facility, at Bay ^This was also presented by Dr. Simpson.
St. Louis^, Miss., and Leroy Clem, acting The damage potential of a storm (due to
winds and storm tides) w^ould be reported
chief of the Mission Analysis Division,
indicated the location of six En^gine^ering in a scale from 1 to *5--five indicating
E^xperimental Phase*(EE^P)^Environ^mental maximu^m potential. No prediction ^would
Rep^orting Buoys in the Gulf of Mexico ^with be mad^e of this parameter.
a deployment *tar^qet dat^a for ^next summer^. —*WMO's proposed change fro^m the use o^f.
—Pilot Study on *Dade County. Fla.. *E- the Beauf^ort Win^d Scale, ^p^resently used
*vacuation Proced^ures by the National *Hur- internationally, primarily by marine in-
terests, was also discussed.
*IhlderSea *PrOJ^eCt (Con^tin^ue^d ^from page ^I^/
able changes on the shelf in the Ne^w York President Seeks Co^mmenda^t^ion Candidates
Bight. In this sub^marine climate, Dr. President Nixon would like to recogni^z^e^
Swift found sand and other sediments are and commend individuals and organizatio^ns
transported along and across the shelf, doing outstanding good works of any kind
intermittently, but with pronounced effect, that help to improve life in the United
much as sand is transported across a des- States. He has asked Federal agencies to
ert by desert winds. submit regular recommendations of indivi^d-
His findings are directly relevant to uals and groups that merit recognition.
the problem of large-scale offshore waste *NOAA personnel, working in hundreds of
disposal, because they indicate that waste geographic locations, are in a position
material might be carried for ^many miles to know of many instances of unselfish
under water, potentially affecting large devotion to duty of fellow employees and
areas of the sea bottom. of voluntary contributions to the public
Dr. S^wift plans to extend his study for welfare by local individuals and groups^.^
several years, making ^t^wo series of d^ives The occasions for commendation are limit-
each year^, to learn more about the season^»^ less; they might, for exa^mple, include
*ality of sediment transport and to verify heroic acts, or efforts to solve polluti^o^n^
his in^itial findin^g^s. From ^-the organized or narcotics problems.
body of knowledge that he and his associ^-^ whenever you know of an individual or
ates are gathering, engineers with such group that you feel should be considered
specific problems as waste disposal or for commendation by the President of the
undersea mineral exploration will be able United States, why not make the suggesti^o^n^
to make better ^judgments about the effects by means of a brief memo sent thro^ugh
of their proposed operations. re^gular channels^?
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Council To Be Focal Point for *NOAA Alaskan Pro^grams^, Information
present at the ^meeting ^was David *Hickok,
Director of the University of Alaska Sea
Grant Program^, an ex-officio member of the
Council. Mr. Bigler is the first chairman
of the Council.
The Council has been established to serve
as the focal point for information on *NOAA*'s
Alaskan plans and programs.
A revie^w of the *NOAA programs in Alaska
emphasi^zed the wide-ranging activities of
*NOAA in Alaska, including the conduct of
biological research, monitoring and pre-
Shown above are representatives o^f each dicting radio propagation conditions, mon-
o^f the *NOAA components having activities itoring earthquake activity and issuing
in A^laska as they asse^mb^led for the first tsuna^mi warnings^, charting of the Alaskan
meeting of the *NOAA Alaska Council on Nov- coastal waters, and provisions of ^weather
ember 30 at the National ^Weather Service services to the public, aviation, fire-
^Regional Headquarters in Anchorage. They fightin^g agencies and other activities.
^a^re (from the left) Co^mmander Robert Frank- The Council discussed the environmental
^lin of the National Ocean Survey's Anchor- impact of the anticipated super-tanker
age ^Field Office; Harry*Riet^ze^,Director traffic through Prince William Sound to
of the National Marine Fisheries Service the southern ter^m^inal of the Alaska pipe-
Alaska Region; Stuart Bigler^, Director of line at *Valdez. There are many unknowns
the National Weather Service's Alaska Re- related to biological life in the Sound,
gion; Jack *Townshend, Chief of Environment- the currents to be encountered by the
^al Research Laboratories' College Observa- tankers, and the wind conditions (partic-
^tory at the University of Alaska; and ularly in *Valde^z and ad^jacent *Valdez Arm,
^Lloyd*Tourville^,Manager of the National where winds frequently reach 100 *MPH)*.*
^Environmental Satellite Service's Command The Council is considering a policy recom-
and Data Acquisition Station at *Gilmore mendation on future *NOAA activities in
^Creek, Alaska. Not in the picture, but the Sound*.
Considerin^g Retirin^g? Retirement Annuity, Health Benefits^, Life Insurance Explained
There are a number of important benefits to retirement, but are payable on a month-
^which employees can retain after retire- ly rather than a pay-period basis.
^w^ent^. These benefits have the effect of --Life Insurance :
affording a retired employee additional The employee may also elect to con-
financial protection for himself and his tinue his life insurance after retirement.
^dependents over and above his retirement If he has the regular insurance (based on
annuity. The most important of these bene- his annual salary), he will retain the
^fits are: face value of the insurance held at the
^--Retirement Annuity; time of retirement until he reaches age
An employee may name a survivor bene- 65, at which time it will begin to depre-
^ficiary at the time he retires. The sur- ciate at the rate of two percent each
^v^iving^wifeor husband will receive 55 month until the amo^unt payable reaches 25
Percent of the annuity earned at the time percent of the face value held at the time
^of retirement. Unmarried employees ^who of retirement. If the employee is 65 or
are in good health can name a survivor over, depreciation begins immediately.
beneficiary, but the amount payable to the If the employee has optional insurance
survivor is reduced by a formula based on $000
( 1 , 0 in addition to the regular policy),
the age of the beneficiary. which he wishes to retain^, and is under age
--Health Benefits: 65 at the time of retirement, he must con-
If the e^mployee chooses he ^may con- tinue to pay for coverage until he reaches
tinue his health benefits *(hospitalization) age 65. The monthly rate will be deducted
^during retirement. Coverage is the same fr^om h^is r^etirem^ent ^c^h^eck. At 65 the p^ol^-^
as is offered to active employees; there icy is considered paid and he no lo^nger
*^ls
no new coverage with lesser benefits. pays^; however^, the reduction in the face
^The rates are the same as those paid prior value begins.
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Marine^, Earth Sciences Library Robert V. *Ochinero Is Named
Toured by *Geoscience Group To Head Data Center
Robert V. *Ochinero, ^who has been Actin^g^
The Marine and Ear^th Sciences Library
Director of the Environ^mental Data Service'^5^
of EDS^' Environmen^tal Science In^formation
Center was one of four Federa^l libraries National Océanographie Data Center since
October 1970, became Director of the Cente^r^
included in the field trip of the *Geo-
*science Inform^ation Society. The Society on November 28. He succee^ds Dr. Thomas
met in Washington, *D.C., in con^junction *S. Austin, who is now Director of EDS.
with the annual meeting of the Geolo^gical Mr. *Ochinero was formerly Director o^f^
the *NODC Operations Division. He received
Society of Americ^a last month. Fifty-
five geologists, information scientists, his bachelor^'s and master^'s degree in
and librarians attended the tour-luncheon. biology from *Hofstra University.
The Library exhibited 22 rare books and
historic reports and supplied*NOA^Apubli-
New North Dakota *Climatologist Appointed
T^he new State *Clima-
cations to show the continuity of the *tologist for North Da^k^o^-^
scientific work and research existing
ta is Morton Bailey^,^
through the years of the Coast Survey^,^ ^who for the past three
the Coast and Geodetic Survey^, and the years was assigned to
National Ocean Survey from *18O7 to the a technical assistance
present, and the role the library has program designed to up-
played in this effort*. The group also grade the weather ser-
toured NOS1 Physical Science Services vices of Za^mbia, а *пе^«1^У
Branch. Speakers for the occasion were independent and devel^-^
John Webber, Chief, Libraries Division^,^ oping country in centr^al
ES 1C, and Palmer *Haugland of *NODC's Li- Africa. His previous
brary *. assignments included
being a research ana^-^
Summer Aid Receives Achievement Awar^d lyst at the National Climatic Center, *Ashe-
*ville,*N.C.^,and also in *Praetoria^, Union
o^f South Africa.
Mr. Bailey is a graduate of Alabama Pol^y^
*t^echnic Instit^ute and received an M.S. de^-^
gree from Florida State University.
He ^wi^ll work closely with scientists an^d^
extension officials of North Dakota ^State
University in the scienti^fic analysis of
past weather data so that farmers^, busin^es^s^*^
^men^, officials^, and other citi^zens ^may be
better equipped to minimize climatic cost^s^
and maximi^ze climatic advantages.
*NGS Field Party Begins Survey in Texas
A National Geodetic Survey field party
headed by Ivan *L. *Crabbe has begun a 170-
mile, *^10-county Federal geodetic survey
in southern Texas. The four-^month,$100^,^00^^^
pro^ject being conducted by the*15-man^f^i^e^*^
Ann But^ler, a ^Sum^mer aid ^who was assign^ed party is to establish numerous geographi^c^
to the National Meteorological Center's positions (latitude *amd longitude) alon^g^
Development Division^, has received a spe- three survey routes extending from Eagl^e^
cial achiev^ement and cash award for her Pass to Millet, from Laredo to *Realitos
outstanding performance. A senior at and from *Lopeno to *Agua *Nueva*.
Suitland (Md.) High School, Ann plans to Surveying technician Howard *W. King ^i^s^
attend business college aft^er her gradua- performing the advance field ^work, which
tion^. She is shown above with (from left) includes securing permission of landowners *^j
Mar^y *Daigle, Division secretary; Dr^, John for establishing the sites, co^mputing the
A^. Brown, Jr^., Chief of the *^~^Division, heights of the portable towers that will
who made the presentation; and Alonzo Smith^,^ be required (some may be seven stories
Technical Assistant to the Chief. high)^, and selecting the to^wer sites.
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NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE
A cooperative pro^jec^t ^with the Australian Ma^rcia ^Wilson, part-
Meteorological Service ^was completed on time temporary research
November 27 ^wit^h the return o^f Dale *Sir^mans assistant at the Nation-
to the National Severe Storms Laboratory al Hurricane Center, Mi-
in Norman^, Oklahoma. During three months ami^, was chosen from a
in Australia^, Mr. *Sirmans designed and su- field of 200 candidates
pervised the building o^f a digital system as one of four Orange
^for signal integration, mechanical tabula- Bowl Princesses, She
tion and recording for display of the will attend the Queen
^weather radar echoes for the Australian when unbeaten Nebraska
radars. The system is now operating rou- meets unbeaten Alaba^ma
tinely at the University of Melbourne^,where on New Year's night.
the Australian Weather Service conducts pro- Miss Wilson also is in
totype testing of ^w^eather observing s^ystems. the cast e^rf the current
Virginia *Woolley. chief of the Records University o^f Mia^mi play^, "Joe Egg."
and Processing Unit in the National Weather Joe P^. ^Worrell^, Meteorologist in Charge
Service Western ^Region Personnel Office, at the Lake Charles, La.^, Weather Service
retired November 26 after 22 years of Fed- Office, retired on November 27 after more
eral service—all of it in the NWS Region- than 31 years of Federal service. He be-
al Office in Salt ^Lake City, Utah, and the gan his weather career in 1^93^9 as a ^jun-
last 20 years of it in the Personnel Office ior observer at *Kno^xville, *Tenn., and was
there. She will continue to reside at assigned to Memphis and Jacks Creek, *Tenn.,
239 East South Te^mple, ^#411, in Salt Lake before moving to Lake Charles in 1949. He
City. became MIC in 1955. A native *Tennessean, he
Dr. Harris *B. Ste^wart. Jr.^.Director*, and graduated from Union University in Jackson,
Jack *W. *Kofoed, Assistant Director, Atlan- and taught there and at Fayette County High
tic Océanographie and Meteorological Lab- School before beginning his Federal service.
oratories, have been appointed to the Sci- His address is 2020 10th St.^, Lake Charles.
entific Advisory Group of the U.S. Coast Richard*D.*Tarble^.who
Guard. At the first meeting*^,in November^,^ has been Hydrolo^gist In
the ^Group reviewed existing Federal con- Charge at the Sacramento
tingency plans for southeast Florida as (Calif.) River Forecast
they relate to ma^jor oil spill^s or other Center since 1963, has
hazardous materials in navigable waters. accepted a two-year *WMO
Geodetic ^workshops were conducted for transfer to Malaysia,
personnel of the Salt Lake County, Utah, where he will assist in
^Engineers^' Office and the California Divi- developing a flood warn-
sion of Highways last month by the Nation- ing program. *Enroute to
^al Ocean Survey Triangulation Branch. The Kuala Lumpur he will
purpose of the workshops was to provide stop in Paris^, France,
e^xpertise in geodetic procedures which and Geneva, Switzerland^,^
would enable *the^jtwo state agencies^' sur- for *WMO briefings. In 1^964 he was on a spe-
veys to be incorporated into the national cial assignment to Costa Rica in coopera-
network. In Utah the workshop was con- tion with *WMO to train men in the use of
ducted by Carl *F, *Kelley^, chief, and Larry radar and set up a flood warning network.
*^W.*Wakefield^.mark maintenance engineer, He has also served as Rapporteur for Hydro-
National Net^work Maintenance Section; and meteorology for *WMO's Regional Association
^Stephen *E^. *Luckey. *geodesist. They were IV (North and Central America). His other
^acco^mpanied in the California workshops by previous assignments include being assist-
^Leo A^. *Critchlow and Jay *L^. *Gummow^t mark ant chief, River Services, and special as-
^maintenance engineers. sistant to the chief, Hydrologie Services
Dr^. S. *T, *Algermissen. Director of the Division^, NWS Headquarters. He also was
*Seismological Research Group in ERI^»'s Earth assigned to the Cooperative Snow Investiga-
^Sciences Laboratories^,gave one of the lead- tions, San Francisco, Calif.; and the Cen-
off technical papers, *"Seismicity and Seis- tral Sierra Snow Lab^, Soda Springs, Calif.
mic Risk in the United States," before more Mr. *Tarbel received his *B.S. degree from
than 400 enginee^rs and scientists at the the Universit^y of Nevada, and his M.S. de-
42nd Department of Defense Shock and Vibra- gree fro^m Texas *A^&M on a Weather Service
tion Symposium in Key West,Fla.*^,last month. scholarship.
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Employees Receive Len^gth of Service Awards
Ship RUDE and Robert *J. *HAYNES^, *NOAA Ship
WHITING. 25 years - Herbert *W. TITTLE,
*NOAA Ship WHITING. 20 years - Frank *LOD-
*KEY, *NOAA Ship RESEARCHER.; Robert *L. ESTES^,^
*NOAA Ship *MT MITCHELL; and*DeWitt*DAILEY
and Kenneth N. *WINDLEY, *NOAA Ship WHITING.
National ^Weather Service Central Region
employees who received *length-of^-service
awards in November were: 30 years - Joseph
*W. Berry^,*WSO/SC Denver,Colo.; Earl A^. JOHN^-^
SON^, RFC Kansas City, Mo.; Edward *L. Me
*G^UIRE,*NSSFCKansas City, Mo.; Henry *J.
PAUL, *WS^FO Detroit, Mich.; Robert L. SPENG^-^
LER^, *WSO Grand Junction, Colo.; and Harry
*W.*WALDHEUSER,*WSFOSt. Louis, Mo. 25
years - Iris L. *GRENINGER, *WSO Springfiel^d,
Mo.; Paul E. *WOOLARD, *WSO Norfolk, *Nebr*.*
Dr. Robert M. White^, *NOAA Administrator^,^ 20 years - Donald A. BU^CALA^, *WSO Flint,
congratulates David S. ^JOHNSON, Director^,^ Mich.; David*H.*HORNER^,*WSOColumbia, *Mo.^î^
National Environ^m^ental Satellite Service^,^ and *Donn *M. FREDERICK, *WSO Chicago (Mid-
a^fter presenti^ng his a^ward for 20 years ^way), 1^11.
o^f Federal service.
Other *NOAA headquarters employees ^who
received *length-of-service awards during
November were: 35 *^;ars - Elmer*^R.NELSON,
and Harold *R. BROO^KS. 30 *^;ars - Donald
*S. POSTER; Charles*E^.LAMBERT; John *J^.^
*HARRELL; Harry WEBER; Isaiah FI^TZGERALD;
Gustav G. *WEINEL; Louis *MILAZZO; Robert
*S. SMITH; *Vernon *S. WILLIAMS and Joseph
BROCKENTON. 25 years - Lillian *W. *STOLT-
*ING; Warren K. WILHELM; Paul Roger *REASIN Shown above are employees o^f the Nation^-^
and Irving *B. DEAN. 20*^>ears- Rosa A. al Marine Fisheries Service South^west
HILL; Russell *L. *HOVEY; Fred*W.*LEAPLEY^;^ Region who received *length-of-service
Richard *L. BAILEY; Harold A. BEDIENT; Ken- awards during October. They are, (from
neth *E^. *RUDKIN; Patrick *E. HUGHES; and left, front ro^w) Frank *COLIANN^A, Lillian
Paul M. *LLE^W^LL^Y^N. *VLYMEN^, Dorothy ROLL, and Captain Charles
FORSTER. (^t^r^o^t^a left, back row) George
*MATTSON,*J.*F.Theodore SAUR, Lloyd *FARRA^R,
John *MacGREGOR, and Charles HILL. Not
pictured was *Arlin MCLAUGHLIN. Mr. SAUR
and Mr. HILL received 25-year awards, and
the others received 20-year awards.
The Lake Survey Center recently present^e^d^
a 20-year *length-of-service award to Ed-
ward *J. *GURCHE, hydraulic engineer tech-
nician in the Center's Water Levels Gagin^g^
Thirty-^year *length-o^f^-service a^war^ds Section.
were presented to the Atlantic Marine Cen- The National Weather Service Eastern
ter employees sho^wn above. They are^,^ Region employees who received *length-of-
(from left) Victor *E. SERENA, Charles *H. *service awards in November are: 35 *yearg^,-
BISHOP, Leo *F. *BEUGNET, Rear *Adm. Alfred *Lawrence*C.PIERCE, *WSO Harrisburg, Pa.;
*C. Holmes, Director,*AMC^,^whopresented and Horace *C. DWELL^S^, *WSO Parker*sburg, *^W.
the awards, *Woodrow W. *FEAZEL, and Russell Va. 30 years - Robert A.*LAFFERTY,*WSFO
*J. PATE. George W. BUSHBAUM and Willia^m *L. Cleveland, Ohio; Frank N.*EVERARD,*WSFO
*JONNS received awards for 25 years and Allen Washington, D. *C^. (Suitland)^; Milton N^.^
*G. DAVIS and Donald *H. ELLIOTT for 20 years. *SCH^MITZ, *WSO Toledo, Ohio; Thomas *S. DEACO^N^»^
Other *length-of-service awards were pre- *WSO Williamsport, Pa.; and James D. *GREENA-
sented aboard *AMC-based ships to the fol^-^ *W^ALT,*WSMOPittsburgh^, Pa. 25 years -
lowing: 30 years - Aubrey V.*ANSELL,*NOAA Donald *L. QUICK, *WSFO Albany, *N.Y.; Lloy^d
*( Con^tinue^d on page 7 I
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*HW^dlU^S *( Con^tin^u^e^d^fro^mpa^ge 6 *)
CHAMBERLAIN^, *WSSF Wallops Is.^, Va.; and
Solomon*J.*TOUFIC,*WS^FOBoston, Mass.
^20 years - ^Thomas N. *MALMGREN, *WSFO Boston^,^
Mass.; Ruth LEVINE, *ERH *(SSD); Daniel *J.
MONTE, *WSFO Albany, *N.Y.; William *E. SMITH^,^
*WSO Pittsburgh, Pa.^; *Jacquelyn Harding^,^
*WSO Charleston, *S. *C.; Robert *M. L^ES^TER,
*WSFO Cleveland, Ohio; *Eloise *S. GREGOR^Y,
*WSO Washington, *D. *C. (National); and Ed-
^win*J.HEATH, *WSO Co^lumbus, Ohio.
Ho^ward W. KING (left, above) chief of
National Geodetic Survey *Reconnaissaince
Field Party *G-34^, is shown receiving his
35-year pin from *G. *C. Randall at a cere-
mony ^held in *Cotulla^, Tex. Ivan*L.*Crabbe^,^
chief of Party *G-18 (right)^, along with
members of both field parties witnessed
the ceremony.
National Weather Service Southern Region
employees who received *length-of-service
awards in November are: 30 years - Jam^es
In ^a cere^mony conducted in the A^merican A. WHITE,*WSO*Apalachicola,^Fla.;John P.
Consulate in *Hermosillo, Mexico, last mon^th,
Robert *Carman(center,above)Technical Repre- *GEYER, *WSO Dallas, Tex.; Allan E. *E^LOMAA^,^
*WSO Jac^ksonville, Fla^.; Arnold L. *SU^C^G^
sentative of the U.S. National Weather Serv-
and Edward L^.*MA^NAK,National Hurricane
ice in *Empalme, Me^xico^, received ^his 35-
Center^, Miami, Fla.; Troy V. GOODWIN, *WSO
year pin and a letter co^mmending his serv-
Midland, Tex.; Charles *S. SELF, *WSO Nash-
ice from *U. *S. Co^nsul General Elmer *E. ville, Ter^m; Lawrence A. *McDONALD and Earl
*Yelton^'(right)*. On Mr. Carman^'s le^ft *S. MORGAN^, *WSO Orlando, F^la. 25 years -
is Michael *Sunray, Technical Representative Miami, Fla. ^20 years ^-
of the NWS in the American Embassy, Mexico John*J.*DROST, *NHC^,
^William *E. *HIGGINS^^ *WSO, Bristol*,Tenn.;
City. Jack *H^. AL^LEN, *WSO *Daytona Beach, *Fla^.;an^d^
*Denzil *R. DAVIS^, *WSO/AG, *Quincy, Fla^.
National Weather Service Western Region
employees who received*length-of-service*a-
*^wards in November are: 30 years - Raymond *E.
*DUNNAVIN, *WSO Salem,*Oreg.; George *R. ELLIS,
*WSFO Los Angeles,Calif*.*;John *M. HULL^, *WSFO
Portland,*Oreg.*;Keith *E. *LINGENFELTER^.WSO Red
Bluff*,Calif*.*;Wesley *^K. *ORENDORFF^.WSFO Seat-
tle*^,Wash.*;CharlesS. PATTERSON,RFC Portland^,^
*Oreg.*;Charles E. *SYVERSON, *WSFO Boise^,Idaho;
Richard *D. *TARB^LE^, R^FC Sacramento,Calif*.*
25 years - John*G^.FLEMING^,*WSO*Ely^.Nev.^20
years - *Harley W. LILIENTHAL,WSO Burns,*Oreg.
M^iller ROBERTS (center, above)^»National *Length-of-service awards recently were
^Geodetic Survey field employee, is sho^wn presented to the follo^wing Environmental
being presented a 30-year pin by Captain ^Research Laboratories e^mployees: 35 *years^-^
^Leonard *S. Baker, Chief, Geodesy Divisio^n, *^Robert H. *SOURBEER, National Hurricane Re^-^
as Robert *R. *Gerrish, Chief of Geodetic search Laboratory, Mia^mi^, ^Fl^a, 30 years ^-^
^Field Party *G-37, ^watches, Leroy S. *FARR, Research Support Services,
William MARTIN, a National Ocean Survey Boulder^, Colo. 25 years ^- Lowell P. *RI^Ö^QS,
^employee at the Pacific Mari^ne Center in Se^-^ Boulder^, Colo.; Theodore V. RYAN^, Pacific
*attle^, Wash.,has received a 35^-year a^ward. Océanogra^phie Laboratory, Seattle, Wash.;
The National Weather Service Pacific Re- George A. *CLEEVES, Air Resourc^es L^abor^-^
gion awarded the following *length-of-serv- atory, Durham, N. *C.; and Ralph R, SOLLER,
ice a^wards: Hung *C. KAM, *WSO *Koror, 20^-^ Air Resources Laboratory, Indiana, Pa.
*^year award; and Robert G.*RIVARD,*WSO*Ma-
*^juro^, 25-year award.
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Ninth Weather Service Operations Class Completes Course
Sho^wn abo^ve are the participants in the Larry Burns, Instructor; Jesse Tyson, Re^d^
Ninth Weather Ser^vice Operatio^ns Class Bluff, Calif.; Jerry Watts, D^etroit, Mich.^!^
held at the Na^tional Weather S^ervice Tech- Dave Bell^, Columbus, O^hio; Ken Shaver,
nical T^raining Center in Kansas City^, Mo., Baltimore, Md.; Dean Melton^, Fresno, Cali^f^«^'^
^from October 27 - November 23. They are Douglas Eck, Del Rio, ^Tex.; Al D^uncan^,^
(^from left): Mike *Weinrich, in^structor; Eureka, Calif.; Fred Day, *Sa^ult *Ste. Mari^e,
Frank *Sealy, Corpus Christi, Tex.; Jim Mich.; Dale *Helgerson, Rockford, 111.;
*Malinosky, Rochester,*N.Y.;^Fre^d*A^ckerson^,^ Harry *Arashiro, Honolulu, Ha^waii; Andy
*Binghamton, *N.Y.; ^John*Sossamon, *McGrath^,^ Martine^z, Brownsville, Tex.; and Don
Alaska; Marvin *Kuykendall, Portland, Oreg.; Whit^man, Instructor.
Climatic Summary of San Juan Published U.S. and Soviet Fisheries Scientists
The National Weather Service, in coopera- Discuss Status of Pacific Stocks !
tion ^with the Puerto Rico Information Serv^-^ Fisheries scientists of the United Stat^e^s^
ice, Inc., has published a resort area and the Soviet Union met recently at the
cli^matic sum^mary of San Juan, *P.R., by National Marine ^fisheries Service North
Robert *J. *Calvesbert^, Clima*tologist for Pacific Fisheries Research Center in Seat^-^
Puerto Rico. The booklet is entitled, tle, Wash., to ^determine the status of
"Clima*tography of the United States," No. important fisheries stocks in the northe^as^t^
21-66^-1, Climatic Summaries of Resort Pacific Ocean.
Areas. It is one of a series of climatic Dr. Dayton*^L.Alverson, Acting Center
summaries of resort areas issued by the Director, headed the U.S. delegation^, wit^h^
^NWS. advisors *J. *McCrary, Alaska Department of
The eight-page illustrated brochure in- Fish and Game; E. *C. *Greenhood, Californi^a^
cludes a history of San Juan and ^Puerto Depart^ment of Fish^a^idGame;*Drs.*F.*M.*^F^U-
Rico, and climatic data of interest to *kuhara,*J.*C.Quast, and P. *E. Smith, *NM^FS^
the traveler. Copies may be obtained ^from W. *F. *Hublou, Fish Commission of Oregon;
Mr^. *Calvesbert, *Climatologist for Puerto G. *B. *DiDonato, Washington Department of
Rico and the Virgin Islands, *G.P.O. Box Fisheries; and Professor D, *E. *Bevan, Uni^-^
4407^, San Juan, P. *R. 00936 versity of Washington.
Atmospheric Turbidity and Precipitation Card Punching Eliminated by Equipment
Samplin^g Pro^gram Becomes Operational The final shipment of *2O key stations
and three control units for the *Inforex
Final preparations have been completed
Intelligent Key-Entry System has been
for implementing National Weather Service
delivered to EDS^' National Climatic
participation ^with the Environmental Pro-
Center at *Asheville, *N.C. The control
tection Agency (EPA) in the *WMO regional
units store data keyed at the stations
environmental monitoring network.
on discs and, by supervisor control^,^
The ten NWS stations participating in
enter the disc storage onto magnetic *tap^e^>^
the program are Caribou^, Me.^; Atlantic
eliminating the need for punching cards.
City, N.J.; Raleigh, *N.C.; Salem, 111.;
Meridian, Miss.; Huron, S.D.; *Alamosa,
Colo.; Victoria, Tex.; *Pendleton, *Oreg.;
and Bishop, Calif. Items to be considered for publication in*NOAAWEEK
The two-fold program (turbidity measure- should be submitted to: Office of Public Affairs,*NOAA,*|*
ments and precipitation collection for Room 221, Bid^e, ^5. *Rockville, *Md. 20852.
chemical analysis) became operational as Phone [301] 496-8243.
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