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simply drop a vertical acoustic array being used by 

 Scripps' scientists who are pursuing National Science 

 Foundation research. Military surveyors would not be 

 doing any research, merely dropping off a piece of 

 "research freight" at sea, on a not-to-interfere basis, 

 en route to survey duties. A University of Washington- 

 operated ship could collect gravity data for Navy use 

 incidental to its own research in the Gulf of Alaska. 

 It is possible, that a Woods Hole engineer has 

 developed a way to deploy deep moored instruments that 

 is safer and faster. A Navy surveyor may have found a 

 better way to tow an acoustic transmitter. A 

 commercial seismic engineer may have a better technique 

 for streaming complex receiver arrays. A structured 

 ship visitor/consultant program can help each group 

 more efficiently conduct their time at sea. There are 

 some costs here, but they are not large. 



Earlier, I discussed a contemporary Navy 

 challenge: understanding the littoral. One response 

 which could leverage Navy and civil capabilities and be 

 cost efficient would be to establish natural 



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