MR. THOMAS W. ROGERS (Maxson Electronics Corporation): 

 Have guidelines been established for vmiformity of data storage 

 which would control, to some degree, instrument design? If so, 

 where ? 



MR. H. W. DUBACH (NODC): We have established guides for 

 physical and chemical types of data. By and large, our general 

 idea is that we conform to some type of standard units. We are 

 not so concerned at this time with the format as we are with the 

 units. A considerable portion of our time is now spent in reducing 

 these to common unit denominators. This does not hold for geo- 

 logical and biological and other types of data. 



We are just now embarking on a research effort to try to 

 establish standard units in these other areas. 



MR. STERLING FISHER (Electro- Mechanical Research, Inc.): 

 Can we get infornnation about the prototypes, of the sensors you have 

 mentioned? 



MR. G. JAFFE (HO): I think you are talking about the sensors that 

 we intend to use for the measurement program. If so, there are a 

 number of publications that will describe these. One that comes to 

 mind is one that we published at the Hydrographic Office called 

 Special Publication No. 41 which went into a great deal of detail 

 on the sensor requirements. 



In addition, I think you will find that the handouts which you 

 receive today (appendices E, F, G, and H) will cover the sensors 

 in quite a bit of detail. 



MR. ENDEL PEEDO (Electro-Chemical Corporation): Will any 

 agency or organization prepare and publish Standard Test Pro- 

 cedures and Equipment Description for Oceanographic Measure- 

 ments ? 



MR. G. JAFFE (HO): The entire subject of tests, calibration, 

 and evaluation of oceanographic instruments has been under very 

 careful consideration for some time. 



We need a center to handle this problem and while I prefer 

 not to get into the details of such a center at this time, we ought 

 to remember that national standards for physical measurements 

 are set by the National Bureau of Standards, and that basic physi- 



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