MODE/POLYMODE Program records
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of materials relating to the MODE and POLYMODE programs. Materials include correspondence, magazine articles, press releases, publications, and lists. Of interest is a special humorous issue of the program’s Polymode News, but spelled Polly Mowed Gnus, printed in 1978. Also of interest are articles erroneously linking the program’s research with the Bermuda Triangle, and the subsequent interest generated in the program.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-1979
Language of Materials
The records are in
English.
Access
Open: materials are available for research.
Use
Copyright: Permission to publish material from the collection must be authorized by the Institution Archivist.
Historical Information
POLYMODE is a follow-up to the USSR POLYGON-70 experiment, carried out in the spring of 1970 in the Eastern North Atlantic, and to the US-UK Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE), carried out in the spring of 1973 in the Western North Atlantic.
Extent
2 boxes (.75 linear foot)
Overview
The records consist of materials relating to the MODE and POLYMODE Programs.
Custodial History
The custodial history of the records is undocumented.
Acquisitions Information
It is not known when the archives acquired the records.
Separated Material
All POLYMODE publications were added to the circulating collection in the Data Library.
Processing Information
First-level processing completed in 2004 by Beverly Woods and Marisa Hudspeth.
- Title
- A Guide to the MODE/POLYMODE Program records, 1971-1979
- Author
- Beverly Woods and Marisa Hudspeth
- Date
- January 8, 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written inEnglish
Repository Details
Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Data Library and Archives Repository