cal measurements will be compared through that Bureau. 



However, I think it is quite reasonable to expect that most 

 industrial firms carrying on a development program or production 

 program should have test and calibration facilities at their disposal 

 for quality control if for no other reason. 



Also, the Instrument Society of America has a Reference 

 Standards Group and they are actively considering the problenn of 

 oceanographic instrumentation. I think eventually they will publish 

 this and it nnay eventually be part of the ASTM Standards. 



MR. P. F. WHITAKER, JR. (Orbit Industries, Inc.): Please 

 express "short-range" and "extended-range" (vessels) in terms of 

 miles of cruising or miles to station. 



CAPTAIN R. D. FUSSELMAN (HO): I think there are two general 

 categories. One was explained by Rear Admiral Charles Pierce 

 this morning. One is the heavy duty oceanwide survey vessel of 

 some 3, 000 tons with an operational range of about 12, 000 miles. 

 The other type is almost a research vessel, down to about half 

 that size, and it is used more or less for specific coastal oceanog- 

 raphic research and survey projects. So you have two types of 

 ships: The little fellow, roughly about 1,500 and the oceanwide sur- 

 vey vessel of about 3, 000 tons. 



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

 The leaflet (Appendix F) describing the requirements for the mete- 

 orological suitcase on the ship of opportunity specifies an air 

 temperature sensor with an accuracy of plus or minus 0.01 degrees 

 centigrade. Is this a typographical error? If not, wouldn't consi- 

 deration of Rear Admiral Edward C. Stephan's comment on the 

 need for realistic compromise between accuracy and reliability 

 conflict with this? 



CAPTAIN C. N. G. HENDRIX (HO): The figures as stated in that 

 handout, if you are referring to that, are correct, and they have 

 been coordinated for about ten months across the country with the 

 scientific community, with the U. S. Weather Bureau, and with 

 Navy's aerologists. It is time that we tried to obtain data with the 

 accuracy that we need, not only for general purposes, but for de- 

 tail as well. The figures stand as they are and we should strive to 

 reach that goal. 



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