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land and sea-based systems. Recommendations for release or 

 downgrading of classified material will consider benefits to the 

 scientific and government policy communities as well as risks to 

 national security. At least some of the deliberations of the 

 various reviewing organizations are expected to be completed in the 

 fall of this year. The time and assets available that can be 

 devoted to using these systems for environmental studies may be 

 limited due to higlier priority needs. Additionally, there are 

 issues concerning the releasability of some of these data as well 

 as the costs associated with making them routinely availabe to the 

 scientific community which are currently being studied, but have 

 not yet been resolved. 



Summary 



I'd like to close by saying these are just some of the DOD 

 capabilities which can improve our understanding of oceans and 

 global change. These technologies represent a new set of eyes and 

 ears that the nonmilitary scientific community did not have before. 

 The application of this DOD research and technology will rapidly 

 expand the availability of ocean-related data, This work will also 

 rapidly expand our ability to perform a more accurate analysis of 

 our oceans and issues of global change. 



