Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project Records, 1991-2007 (SAC 32)

OFF-SITE STORAGE: COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW TWO TO THREE (2-3) WEEKS FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS.
Restrictions: Original media formats are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 20.55 Linear feet (50 archives boxes and 2 shoeboxes)

Digital Content

All content in series 6) AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL has been digitized and is accessible through links in the container list.

The collection consists of administrative files, technical documents, legal materials, correspondence, publicity, reports, and audiovisual materials from the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project.

The Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) Project was launched in 1993 after several decades of mounting global warming concerns. The theoretical origins of ATOC can be traced as far back as 1975 when scientists Walter Munk and Carl Wunsch suggested acoustic tomography as a technique for measuring temperature variations across large expanses of the ocean.

This approach led to the 1991 Heard Island Feasibility Test (HIFT). Two sound sources were installed: one on Pioneer Seamont off central California and the other north of Kauai. Designed to establish the usable parameters of long-range acoustic transmissions in the ocean, this experiment determined that underwater sounds transmitted from Heard Island in the South Polar Sea could be discerned at great distances around the globe. These results provided the necessary conceptual foundation for the launch of the ATOC program in 1993.

ATOC was administered by the Cecil and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. The purpose of the project was to investigate climate change using satellite altimetry, acoustic thermometry and climate modeling in the North Pacific Ocean. As originally hypothesized, data analyses from ATOC confirmed that acoustic thermometry can be used as an effective tool for measuring large-scale ocean temperature variability.

Although ATOC was initially approved and the appropriate permits were attained, the project stirred considerable public controversy regarding the effects of underwater acoustics on marine mammals. Although the sound sources transmitted were in accordance with marine mammal study protocols, continuous negative media attention compelled the funders of the project to withdraw their support. ATOC was gradually defunded and ultimately discontinued in 2006. When the ATOC office closed, Peter Worcester transferred the Project's records to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives. Additional files were transferred by Worcester in 2024.

The collection consists of administrative files, technical documents, legal materials, correspondence, publicity, reports, and audiovisual materials from the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project. Subjects of note include project publicity and the Marine Mammal Research Program.

Accession Processed Prior to 2016: Arranged in six series: 1) MEETINGS, 2) LEGAL FILES, 3) PUBLICITY, 4) SUBJECT FILES, 5) CORRESPONDENCE and 6) AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS.

Accession Processed in 2025: Arranged in three series: 7) SUBJECT FILES, 8) PUBLICITY, and 9) PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS.

The following collections include additional material on the ATOC Project:

SIO Office of Communications Records, SAC 13. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Walter Munk Papers, SMC 17. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Container List

Accessions Processed Prior to 2016

MEETINGS

Meeting minutes

Box 1 Folder 1
1992 November-1993 June
Box 1 Folder 2
1993 April-1993 October
Box 1 Folder 3
1994 February-1994 September

Meeting minutes notes

Box 1 Folder 4
1992 January-1993 April
Box 1 Folder 5
1993 April-1993 August
Box 1 Folder 6
1994 May-1994 July
Box 1 Folder 7
1994 August-1994 October
Box 2 Folder 1
1994 October-1995 January
Box 2 Folder 2
1995 January - 1995 June, 1995 January-1995 June
Box 2 Folder 3-5
Rogers, Cindy - Notes, 1992 February-1995 February
Box 2 Folder 6
Sheaham, Susan - Notes, 1994 February-August

LEGAL FILES

Box 3 Folder 1-6
Applications for permits, 1991 January-1994 January
Box 4 Folder 1
Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Special Use Permit, 1995 July

California

California Coastal Commission

Box 4 Folder 2
1994 April - 1994 December
Box 4 Folder 3
1995 January - 1995 May
Box 4 Folder 4
1995 June - 1995 November
Box 4 Folder 5
Public Hearing, 1995 June 15
Box 4 Folder 6-7
Environmental Impact Statement, 1994-1995
Box 5 Folder 1
Department of Fish and Game, 1992 December-1994 August
Box 5 Folder 2
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Conservation District Use Application, 1994 July-1995 July
Box 5 Folder 3
General permit resources and information, 1994 May-1995 February
Box 5 Folder 4-6
Great Whales Foundation, Inc. vs. California Coastal Commission, UC San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 1994 April-1995 December
Box 6 Folder 1-2
Great Whales Foundation, Inc. vs. California Coastal Commission, UC San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography (cont.)

Hawaii

Box 6 Folder 3
Office of State Planning, Coastal Zone Management Program Consistency Certificate, 1995 January-July
Box 6 Folder 4
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), 1995 June-December
Box 6 Folder 5
Environmental Center, University of Hawaii. The Hawaii State Environmental Impact Statement System: Review and Recommended Improvements , 1991 July
Box 6 Folder 6
Joint Statement by U.S. Representatives Patsy T. Mink and Neil Abercrombie on the Proposed Scripps Institution ATOC Project off Kauai, 1994 April
Box 6 Folder 7-8
Permit information, 1992-1995
Box 6 Folder 9
Kauai Environmental Impact Statement, 1994 July-1995 August
Box 7 Folder 1-2
Kauai Friends of the Environment/DNLR, Contested Case Hearing, 1995 August
Box 7 Folder 3
Letters of Protest to postpone hearing, 1994 November-1995 May

Marine Mammal Permits and Authorizations (MMPA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Box 7 Folder 4-6
Public Hearing for MMPA Scientific Research Permit Application No. P557A, Transcript, 1994 May 16
Box 7 Folder 7-9
Public Hearing for MMPA Scientific Research Permit Application No. P557B, Transcript, 1995 January 6
Box 8 Folder 1-7
Public Hearings on Scientific Research Permit Applications P557 and P557A, 1994 March - 1994 April
Box 8 Folder 8-10
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS), 1993-1995
Box 9 Folder 1
Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Point Sur, Naval Post Graduate School (NPGS) Agreement, 1994
Box 9 Folder 2-3
Pillar Point, 1994-1995
Box 9 Folder 4
Reauthorization of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1994 February
Box 9 Folder 5
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund Settlement Proposal, 1995 April-June
Box 9 Folder 6
State Lands Commission, 1993 June
Box 9 Folder 7-8
Stepath, et al. v. Department of Land and Natural Resources. University of California Motion to Intervene, 1996
Box 10 Folder 1
New Zealand permits

PUBLICITY

California Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) Critical Response List, 1995 January-February

Box 10 Folder 3-4
Comments Received, 1994 April-1995 March
Box 10 Folder 5
Responses to Comments, 1995 January-March
Box 10 Folder 6
California Environmental Impact Report, 1994 May-1995 April
Box 10 Folder 7
Hawaii Environmental Impact Statement with Public Responses, 1994 June-1995 May
Box 10 Folder 8
MARMAM Marine Mammal Listserv, 1994 February-April
Box 11 Folder 1
MARMAM Marine Mammal Listserv, 1994 February-1995 July
Box 11 Folder 2-9
Press on ATOC, 1993 February-1995 March
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Press on ATOC, 1995 May-December
Box 12 Folder 3
Public Scoping Meeting, 1994 June 23
Box 12 Folder 4
Transcript of Public Hearing, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR), 1995 July 27

SUBJECT FILES

Box 12 Folder 5-9
Acoustic Engineering Test (AET)/FLIP, 1994 April-November
Box 13 Folder 1
Acoustic sources figures and graphics, undated
Box 13 Folder 2
Addendum to CDR Documentation Package, 1993 July 16
Box 13 Folder 3-4
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Global Ocean Climate Program Review of ATOC/GAMOT Programs, 1993 June 7
Box 13 Folder 5
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Global Ocean Climate Program Review of ATOC/GAMOT Programs, 1993 September 16
Box 13 Folder 6
An Updated Array Design, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Keith van der Heydt, 1993 January 21
Box 13 Folder 7
Arctic Extension (Russian Federation on Ocean Climate Change Research), 1993 April-1994 December
Box 13 Folder 8
Atlantic receivers, 1993 February-December
Box 13 Folder 9-10
Cartwright, David E., 1992 February-1993 April
Box 13 Folder 11
CEROS array, 1994 March-1995 February
Box 13 Folder 12
Executive Committee Agenda on Surface Suspended Acoustic Receivers (SSARs), 1993 July-September
Box 13 Folder 13
First International Meeting on Global Acoustic Monitoring of the Ocean, 1992 June 8-10
Box 14 Folder 1
Global Acoustic Monitoring of Ocean Thermometry (GAMOT) SSARs, 1993 November-1994 December
Box 14 Folder 2
Hydroacoustics, Inc. (HAI) Proposal, 1992 May-1993 April
Box 14 Folder 3
Jervis Island Initial Source Test, 1993 October 18-22
Box 14 Folder 4
Keenan, Ruth. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), parabolic equation predictions, 1993 March
Box 14 Folder 5
Marine Acoustics Inc., 1993

Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP)

Box 14 Folder 6
Administrative files, 1994 February-August
Box 14 Folder 7-8
Correspondence, 1991 November-1994 March
Box 14 Folder 9
Draft EIS/EIR Comments Received and Responses, 1995 January
Box 15 Folder 1-5
Draft EIS/EIR Comments Received and Responses (cont.), 1995 January
Box 15 Folder 6
Oregon State University Approval of MMRP on Endangered Whales, 1994 May-August
Box 15 Folder 7
Permits for Scientific Research under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1993 September-1995 January
Box 15 Folder 8
Pilot Study Protocol Outline, 1994 June
Box 15 Folder 9
Research Protocols, 1994 April-1995 November
Box 16 Folder 1-9
Miscellaneous administrative files, 1996 January-March
Box 17 Folder 1-11
Miscellaneous administrative files, 1996 April-October
Box 18 Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous administrative files, 1996 November-December
Box 18 Folder 3
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) permit application, 1993 September
Box 18 Folder 4
NAVFAC receivers, undated

New Zealand

Box 18 Folder 5
Agreement, Joint Research on ATOC, 1993 May - 1993 July
Box 18 Folder 6
Autonomous Vertical Line Array (VLA) Experiment Plan, 1994 March 9
Box 18 Folder 7
Bathymetry, undated
Box 18 Folder 8-9
Correspondence, 1992 April - 1993 March
Box 18 Folder 10
Fishing industry, 1993 July - 1993 September
Box 18 Folder 11
GLOWARM Project, 1993 April - 1993 July
Box 18 Folder 12
Presentation by Mike Guthries, undated
Box 18 Folder 13
Map of possible VLA sites, 1993 April
Box 18 Folder 14
Miscellaneous logistical information, 1993 March
Box 18 Folder 15
Report to SAIC-BECA, 1993
Box 18 Folder 16
Schiefen, Dave. ATOC New Zealand trip report, 1993 September 10
Box 18 Folder 17
Original "Shot", undated
Box 18 Folder 18
Point Sur communications configuration, 1993 June-July
Box 19 Folder 1
Point Sur facility issues, 1993 September
Box 19 Folder 2
Point Sur transmitter, undated
Box 19 Folder 3
Project definition documents, 1993 March
Box 19 Folder 4
Project Technical Logistics, presentation materials and viewgraphs, 1992-1993
Box 19 Folder 5
Report on European community interest in ATOC program, 1992 September
Box 19 Folder 6-7
Russian participation, 1993 January-1994 March
Box 19 Folder 8
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Acoustic Monitoring of the Global Ocean , 1995 February
Box 19 Folder 9
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Working Group 96 Meeting, 1992 June 10
Box 19 Folder 10
Second International Meeting on Global Acoustic Monitoring of the Ocean, 1993 June 20-22
Box 19 Folder 11
Seminar on Propagation and Climate, 1994 March 18
Box 19 Folder 12
SERDP Scientific Advisory Board, 1994 January
Box 19 Folder 13
Source issues, 1993 July-September
Box 20 Folder 1
Spiesberger, John. "Seasonal Trends from 1987 Basin-Scale Transmissions and Mapping Ocean Climate with Drifting Receivers" proposal
Box 20 Folder 2
Technical Proposal, 1992 June 1

Vertical Line Array (VLA), 1993 January-1994 July

Box 20 Folder 7
Vertical Line Array (VLA) cable design, 1993 May
Box 20 Folder 8
Vertical Line Array (VLA) design review, WHOI, 1993 July 29-30
Box 20 Folder 9
Vertical Line Array (VLA) graphics and figures, undated

CORRESPONDENCE

Box 20 Folder 10
1991 October-December
Box 21 Folder 1-7
1992 January-1993 April
Box 22 Folder 1-6
1993 April-June
Box 23 Folder 1-8
1993 July-October
Box 24 Folder 1-7
1993 November-1994 March
Box 25 Folder 1-9
1994 March-May
Box 26 Folder 1-8
1994 May-June
Box 27 Folder 1-7
1994 June-July
Box 28 Folder 1-8
1994 July-August
Box 29 Folder 1-10
1994 August-September
Box 30 Folder 1-7
1994 September-November
Box 31 Folder 1-8
1994 November-December
Box 32 Folder 1-9
1994 December-1995 January
Box 33 Folder 1-8
1995 January-March
Box 34 Folder 1-10
1995 March-May
Box 35 Folder 1-9
1995 May-June
Box 36 Folder 1-9
1995 July-October
Box 37 Folder 1-9
1995 October-December

AUDIOVISUAL RECORDINGS

Box 38 Folder 1
ARPA-Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Climate (ATOC/GAMOT) status report - U-matic tape, 1993 November

Presentation graphics and figures, at-sea technical operations and FLIP orientation transformation. Color, silent, time 00:08:27.

Box 38 Folder 2
ATOC-Acoustic Engineering Test (AET) - U-matic tape, 1994 November

Onboard footage of FLIP submersible device deployment and retrieval through chute. Color, silent, time 00:06:55.

Box 38 Folder 3
"ATOC Defined" - Interviews with Peter Worcester, Walter Munk and Dave Schiefen - Betacam SP, 1994 January

Color, sound, time 00:54:21.

Box 38 Folder 4
Arthur Baggeroer's rendition of VLA FLIP test - 8mm video cassette, 1993 November

FLIP launch and at-sea technical operations. Color, silent, time 01:00:33.

Box 38 Folder 5
ATOC-IGPP - Hi-8 video cassette, 1993 October

Keith von der Heydt and Donald Edwin Koelsch of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discuss WHOI technology developed for ATOC. Doug Peckham of Scripps Institute of Oceanography discusses SIO technology developed for ATOC. Color, sound, time 00:19:28.

Box 38 Folder 6
FLIP Flops off Point Loma - 8mm video cassette, 1993 November

Onboard footage of FLIP orientation transformation. Color, sound, time 00:20:45.

Box 38 Folder 7
Pt. Sur SAR #1: The Discovery - Hi-8 video cassette, 1994 September

Underwater footage of submersible robot interacting with sea floor devices.

Box 38 Folder 8
Pt. Sur SAR #2: The Recovery - Hi-8 video cassette, 1994 September

Underwater footage of submersible robot interacting with sea floor devices. Approximate time 01:30:00.

Box 38 Folder 9
NPR's "Morning Edition" ATOC story - Audiocassette, 1994 May

Sound recording of radio program featuring Joe Palka.

Box 38 Folder 10
To the Best of Our Knowledge: Oceans [Interview with Walter Munk] - Audiocassette, 1995 April

Segment of the University of Wisconsin radio program. Time 00:40:17.

Box 39 Folder 1
ATOC Global Array Design Software - VHS, 1993 September

Explanation and demonstration of ATOC computer software programs.

Box 39 Folder 2
Interview with Robert Spindel at IGPP, SIO - VHS, 1994 January
Box 39 Folder 3
Kauai source installation - VHS, 1996 October

Deployment of submersible device from ship deck. Color, sound (no narration).

Box 39 Folder 4
ATOC Science Meeting - VHS, 1993 October 26-27

Internal meeting, speaker presentations, remarks on marine mammal issues at 00:32:00.

Box 39 Folder 6
Good Morning America on Acoustic Thermometry Ocean Climate (ATOC) experiment - VHS, 1994 April

Joan London introduces Michael Guillen reporting on the ATOC experiment at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Peter Worcester of SIO is interviewed, and Katy Payne discusses potential adverse effects on marine mammals.

Box 39 Folder 7
R/V Thomas Thompson footage at sea - VHS, undated

Deployment of submersible device, in-cabin operations (computer monitoring, conversation, etc.), Peter Worcester, whale watching segment.

Accession Processed in 2025

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) SUBJECT FILES: Arranged alphabetically.

Box 40 Folder 1-4
Acoustic Engineering Test (AET) and R/P FLIP tests - Correspondence, experiment plan, environmental assessment, cost proposal, and observations and summaries, 1994
Box 40 Folder 5
Acoustic monitoring of global ocean climate - Proposal to the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), 1994
Box 40 Folder 6
Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) sound recordings correspondence, 2005
Box 40 Folder 7-11
Alternate Source Test (AST) - Correspondence, permit, environmental assessment and initial survey, cruise plan, and reports, 1995-1996
Box 41 Folder 1-2
Cables, repairs, and sound source removal, 1997-2000
Box 41 Folder 3
California ATOC/MMRP research conditions, ca. 1997
Box 41 Folder 4
Drawings of whales with ATOC equipment, 1996 November 5

Sent via fax. Artist unknown.

Box 41 Folder 5
Fisherman associations, 1995-1998
Box 41 Folder 6
House Bill H.R. 21 - Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act, 2007
Box 41 Folder 7
Kamchatka Peninsula equipment, 1997
Box 41 Folder 8-11
Kauai correspondence and permitting, 1993-1999
Box 42 Folder 1-2
Kauai correspondence, permitting, and cable route, 1998-2002
Box 42 Folder 3
Legal correspondence, 1994-1997
Box 42 Folder 4-5
Letters of support and opposition, 1993-1995
Box 42 Folder 6
Lucast Consulting, 1995

Marine Mammal Commission (MMC)

Box 42 Folder 7-10
Advisory Committee - Correspondence, 2003-2006

Includes correspondence related to reports. Peter Worcester served on the Advisory Committee.

Box 42 Folder 11
Advisory Committee - Meeting, 2004
Box 43 Folder 1-7
Advisory Committee - Meetings, 2004-2005
Box 44 Folder 1-9
Advisory Committee - Meetings, report correspondence, research caucus, and working groups, 2004-2006

Working groups include: Working Group on Research Integrity and Working Group on Research Permitting.

Box 45 Folder 1-3
Advisory Committee - Working groups, 2004-2005

Working groups include: Working Group on Research Permitting, Working Group on Synthesis of Current Knowledge, and Working Group on Management and Mitigation.

Box 45 Folder 4-7
Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE) - Correspondence and meeting materials, 2006-2007

Includes correspondence regarding marine mammal research legislation.

Box 45 Folder 8
Correspondence, 2005-2006
Box 45 Folder 9
Shipping Noise and Marine Mammals: A Forum for Science, Management, and Technology, 2004-2005
Box 45 Folder 10
Workshop on Ocean Ambient Noise Budgets and Long Term Monitoring: Implications for Marine Mammals, 2004-2005

Includes report from the technical workshop on beaked whales.

Box 46 Folder 1
Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) Advisory Board statement and correspondence, 1995-1996
Box 46 Folder 2
Marine Mammals Research and Conservation Discussion (MARMAM) Marine Mammal Listserv, 1994

Listserv emails regarding ATOC research.

Box 46 Folder 3-4
Marine protected areas, sanctuaries, and conservation, 1996-2001

Includes materials related to the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary.

Box 46 Folder 5
Mitigation monitoring and program forms for the ATOC/MMP project, 1995
Box 46 Folder 6-7
National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) - Acoustic criteria and authorization request to allow for low-frequency take of marine mammals during marine seismic study, 2004-2005

Request in relation to the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Box 46 Folder 8
National Ocean Sciences Bowl booklet, 1998 February 7

Hosted at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Box 46 Folder 9
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Undersea cables, 2000
Box 46 Folder 10
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 1994-1995
Box 46 Folder 11
North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory (NPAL) project, 1999-2000
Box 46 Folder 12
Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) cable correspondence, 1999
Box 46 Folder 13-14
Permits and permitting costs, 1994-1995
Box 46 Folder 15
Pioneer Seamount, 1995-2001
Box 51 Folder 1-11
Pioneer Seamount - Recovery operations (3 VHS), Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operation to survey cable (4 VHS), and dive footage (4 VHS), 1999-2000
Box 52 Folder 1-10
Pioneer Seamount - Dive footage (10 VHS), 2000
Box 46 Folder 16-17
Point Sur, California - Permit and data link, 1993-1995
Box 47 Folder 1
Policy on Sound and Marine Mammals: An International Workshop, 2004

Includes papers: "Whales, submarines, and active sonar" by Van Dyke, Gardner, and Morgan; "Mitigation and Monitoring" by Barlow and Gisiner; and "Sources of anthropogenic sound in the marine environment" by Hildebrand.

Box 47 Folder 2
Sierra Club, 1994-1995

Includes Legal Defense Fund correspondence.

Box 47 Folder 3-4
State Lands Commission (SLT), 1993-2001

Includes permit and lease materials.

Box 47 Folder 5
Transmission schedules, 1996-1998
Box 47 Folder 6
Vessel charter - M/V Rambo , 1994
Box 47 Folder 7-8
Whale deaths, 1995-1997
Box 47 Folder 9
Whale stranding data for 1989-2001, 2001
Box 47 Folder 10
Whale stranding incident, Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, 2004

PUBLICITY

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) PUBLICITY: Arranged alphabetically.

Box 47 Folder 11
Children's outreach piece, 1994-1995
Box 47 Folder 12
Fact sheets, booklet, timeline, project descriptions, and policy statement, 1994-2000
Box 48 Folder 1-2
Press releases and newspaper clippings, 1992-2002

Public hearings and briefings

Box 48 Folder 3
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) public hearings, 2001
Box 48 Folder 4
National Academy of Sciences (NAS) briefing on Low Frequency Sounds in Mammals - Background material related to ATOC research, 1994 April 26
Box 48 Folder 5
Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography - ATOC public hearing, 1999
Box 48 Folder 6
Public hearing proceedings, Kilauea, Hawaii, 2000 July 8
Box 48 Folder 7
Public relations packet, 1994-1995
Box 48 Folder 8
Publicity correspondence, 1994-2003
Box 48 Folder 9
Statements and responses, 1994

Includes response to issues presented by Lindy Weilgart and Hal Whitehead in their letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), as well as public hearing statements by Robert C. Spindel, David W. Hyde, and Walter Munk.

Box 48 Folder 10
Significant ATOC dates and article coverage statistics, 1995
Box 48 Folder 11
Video production correspondence, 1993-1994

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS: Arranged alphabetically.

Box 48 Folder 12
Bowles et al. Observations on the relative abundance and behavior of marine mammals exposed to transmissions from the Heard Island feasibility test, 1992 June 8
Box 48 Folder 13
Buck, Eugene H. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate: Marine mammal issues, 1995 May 12

Congressional Research Service (CRS) report: 95-603.

Box 48 Folder 14
Calambokdis, Chandler, and Norris. Marine mammal occurrence off central California and potential reaction to the ATOC sound source as determined from aerial surveys, ca. 2003-2005
Box 48 Folder 15
Calambokdis, John and Todd Chandler. Aerial surveys conducted off Pioneer Seamount for the ATOC Marine Mammal Research Program (draft), 2000-2001

Includes correspondence related to other publications.

Box 48 Folder 16
Calambokdis, John and Todd Chandler. Photo-identification surveys conducted off Central California for the ATOC Marine Mammal Research Program (draft), 2000
Box 48 Folder 17
Clark, Christopher W., and Adam S. Frankel. Research protocol for the Hawaii Marine Research Program of the ATOC experiment, 1997 June 16
Box 48 Folder 18-19
Final environmental impact statement / environmental impact report for the California Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project and its associated Marine Mammal Research Program, volume 1, 1995 April
Box 49 Folder 1
Final environmental impact statement / environmental impact report for the California Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project and its associated Marine Mammal Research Program, volume 2, 1995 April
Box 49 Folder 2-5
Final environmental impact statement for the Kauai Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project and its associated Marine Mammal Research Program, volumes 1 and 2, 1995 May

Prepared by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Box 49 Folder 6
Frankel, Adam S. Responses of singing humpback whales to ATOC transmissions determined with passive acoustic monitoring, 2003 November
Box 49 Folder 7
Herman, Louis M. Hawaiian humpback whales and ATOC: A conflict of interests, 1994
Box 49 Folder 8
Kineon, Forsyth Patterson. Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate: A case study in the effect of political pressures on science, 1996 March 15
Box 49 Folder 9
Lynch, Jim and Chris Lynch. Sound Off: The story of the marine mammal environmentalists fight with the ocean acousticians and the Navy (draft), 1999

Previously titled "ATOC: Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate. Risky science - Or science at risk?"

Box 50 Folder 1
Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) bi-monthly reports, 1996-1998
Box 50 Folder 2
Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) quick look reports, 1996-1998
Box 50 Folder 3
Mobley, Joseph R. Assessing responses of humpback whales to NPAL transmissions: Results of 2001-2003 aerial surveys north of Kauai, 2004 April 10
Box 50 Folder 4
Newton, David E. Recent Advances and Issues in Physics , 1999

Excerpt with acoustic tomography section.

Box 50 Folder 5
Ocean climate change by acoustic tomography, satellite altimetry, and modeling, 1998 July 24

Produced by the ATOC Consortium.

Box 50 Folder 6
Pettus, Roy. Preliminary sensitivity study regarding the marine cultural resources potential of the proposed ATOC submarine cable route at Point Sur California, 1994 August
Box 50 Folder 7
Potter, John R. ATOC: Sound policy or enviro-vandalism? Aspects of a modern media-fueled policy issue, 1994
Box 50 Folder 8
Sound measures ocean temperatures, undated

Special essay.

Box 50 Folder 9
Waltner, Alan. The regulation of marine scientific research: The experience of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climates experiment, 1997
Box 50 Folder 10
Worcester, Peter F. and Robert C. Spindel. North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory, 2004