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making this technology available to the scientific community. I am 

 available for any questions, Mr. Chairman. 



[The prepared statement of Dr. Oswald can be found at the end 

 of the hearing.] 



Mr. Ortiz. Thank you. We have a series of votes on the House 

 Floor at this moment. We will recess for 10 minutes and we will 

 come back and continue with Mr. Winokur's testimony. 



The Subcommittee will recess for 10 minutes. 



[Recess.] 



Mr. Ortiz. We will go ahead and continue with our testimony. 

 There is a possibility that we might have a series of votes within 

 the next 30 to 40 minutes. Maybe we can take the testimony and 

 get into the questions. 



STATEMENT OF ROBERT WINOKUR, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, 

 OFFICE OF THE OCEANOGRAPHER OF THE NAVY 



Mr. WiNOKUR. Thank you. Mr. Chairman and Members of the 

 Committee, I am Robert Winokur, Technical Director, Office of the 

 Oceanographer of the Navy. I am pleased to be here this afternoon 

 representing the operational programs and capabilities of the U.S. 

 Navy. I welcome the opportunity to comment on the dual use of 

 Defense, and in particular Navy technology, for civilian oceano- 

 graphic research. 



The Navy has long recognized that our infrastructure and capa- 

 bilities are not just Navy assets, but are of significant value to na- 

 tional activities in oceanography. Civil benefits from Naval Ocean- 

 ography include charting, navigation, typhoon warnings, oceano- 

 graphic data bases, ice forecasting, precise time, technology devel- 

 opment, deep sea research, underwater acoustics, satellite remote 

 sensing, and underwater vehicles. 



Mr. Chairman, I would like to take this opportunity to outline 

 specific examples of the dual use of Navy operational oceanograph- 

 ic technologies and data, as well as fleet operational systems and 

 capabilities. In the interest of time, I will focus on a few specific 

 examples. 



The Navy GEOSAT satellite was launched in March 1985 with a 

 primary mission, to measure the earth's shape, or geoid, with a 

 high degree of accuracy. These data were initially classified. Subse- 

 quently, the Navy declassified all of the Geodetic Mission data ac- 

 quired by GEOSAT south of 30 degrees of South for release 

 through NOAA. In addition, GEOSAT's wind and wave data were 

 released from the classified mission for distribution by NOAA. 



A GEOSAT FOLLOW-ON (GFO) is planned for mid fiscal year 

 1996. Building on the success of GEOSAT, the GEOSAT FOLLOW- 

 ON will be in the same 17-day exact repeat orbit as GEOSAT. The 

 altimeter data will be processed by Navy and all environmental 

 data records disseminated to NOAA's National Environmental 

 Data and Information Service for distribution to the civilian com- 

 munity. 



The first Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Special 

 Sensor Microwave Imager sensor was launched in June 1987. The 

 instrument measures cloud water content; rain rates; water vapor 

 over the ocean; marine wind speed; and various sea ice, snow, and 



