Collection on the POLYMODE Program
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The records in the collection were assembled by Robert Heinmiller of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, executive manager of the US POLYMODE Organizing Committee. They include research and funding proposals to establish the POLYMODE program, planning information, correspondence, meeting minutes, and other administrative material. There are also scientific reports and data collected during the ship cruises.
Dates
- 1973 - 1981
Creator
- Heinmiller, Robert H. (Compiler, Person)
Access note
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.
Historical Note
The International POLYMODE Program was a bilateral US-USSR project to study mesoscale dynamics in the ocean to improve understanding of the role of eddy processes on scales of 50 to 500 kilometers. Robert Heinmiller of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was executive manager of the US POLYMODE Organizing Committee.
Extent
8.3 Cubic Feet (8 record cartons and 1 manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The International POLYMODE Program was a bilateral US-USSR project to study mesoscale dynamics in the ocean to improve understanding of the role of eddy processes on scales of 50 to 500 kilometers. The materials constituting this collection include research and funding proposals, planning information, correspondence, meeting minutes, and scientific reports and data collected during ship cruises.
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Bibliography
- Collins, Curtis A., and Robert H. Heinmiller. "The POLYMODE Program." Ocean Development and International Law 20:391-408.
- Heinmiller, Robert H.
- International Polymode Program
- International Polymode Program. Organizing Committee (US)
- International cooperation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Joint Soviet-American Theoretical Institute POLYMODE (1976 : I︠A︡lta, Ukraine)
- Oceanography -- International cooperation. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oceanography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research -- Soviet Union -- International cooperation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research -- United States -- International cooperation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Research vessels. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Heinmiller, Robert H. (Compiler, Person)
- Joint Soviet-American Theoretical Institute POLYMODE (1976 : I︠A︡lta, Ukraine) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Collection on the POLYMODE Program, 1973-1981
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- This finding aid has been encoded by the Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics, as part of a collaborative project supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. Collaboration members in 1999 consisted of: American Institute of Physics, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Rice University, University of Alaska, University of Illinois, and University of Texas.
Repository Details
Part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries. Department of Distinctive Collections Repository
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
Building 14N-118
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307 US
distinctive-collections@mit.edu