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with electric cables, towed temperature recorders, magne- 

 tometers, recording buo^e, echo sounders, special naviga- 

 tion aids, etc. Having a small stockpile of such instru- 

 ments that could be loaned during international cooperative 

 programs would pay rewarding dividends. Recent meetings 

 sponsored by Oi]R and the Hydrographic Office have empha- 

 sized such instruments and have tried to define acceptable 

 specifications for many of them. However, funding for any 

 reasonable number of prototypes or for production has not 

 yet begun. 



ITew Research Instrviments 



OOR, nSF and AEC have increased their support to 

 individuals and groups, building nev/ instruments for indi- 

 vidual research problems. This trend is to be commended as 

 is their general policy of keeping instrument development 

 closely tied to active research programs. 



Peer) Manned Vehicles 



During the past tv\;o years the bathyscaph TRIESTE has 

 made a record dive to the deepest part of the oceans, but 

 it has not had mother ship support for oceanographic re- 

 se.irch. Similarly on the East Coast the deep submersible 

 program involving ALUIIIUAUT is nearly underway, but the 

 problems of an appropriate mother ship have yet to be solved. 



Specific design studies on smaller submersibles that 

 can be carried easily on the deck of a medixora or large 

 research ship have not been adequately carried out nor is 

 such a craft budgeted. 



Unmanned Buoys and Radio Frequency Requirements 



Although several unmanned buoy programs have been 

 funded, and progress in this program is better than in any 

 of the other recommended areas for devices, it is only half 

 the recommended rate. This seems particularly unfortunate 

 in view of the needs for better synoptic ocean studies and 

 global weather predictions. Radio frequency channels for 

 such buoys must be identified and reserved soon. 



