MR. J. M. SNODGRASS (SIO): To my knowledge, they have not. 



REAR ADMIRAL D. McG. MORRISON (USCG); Not to my know- 

 ledge . 



MR. J. M. SNODGRASS (SIO): There is one other point I would 

 like to mention in connection with this. I think Admiral Morrison 

 implied, though he did not exactly ennphasize, that the shipboard 

 navigational systems, as we know them today, have some serious 

 problems in the small ships that are presently used for oceanog- 

 raphic survey work. 



MR. ROBERT LAKARI (Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.): In 

 any specific case, where can Industry obtain detailed information 

 on the most optimum format for data recorded by the instrument? 



MR. H. W. DUBACH (NODC): We do have a format for physical 

 and chemical data. We are mostly interested in units of measure- 

 ments and compatibility here. In the meteorological area, we use 

 the WMO Code as our standard. In other areas, standards have 

 not been established. We encourage the instrument people and 

 the researchers to develop standard dimensions. By and large, 

 we adhere to the metric system, insofar as possible. We may 

 deviate from it, however. 



Geological and biological data for units of measurement are 

 under study at this moment. 



In data on ice and icing, we have an appreciable unknown, 

 because here again, we plan to code or record picture-type data 

 reported from aircraft and satellites, as well as coded data 

 obtained from ship and coastal stations. 



MR. ROBERT LAKARI (Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.): Is 

 there a Government publication that describes details of the input 

 facilities of the National Oceanographic Data Center? 



CAPTAIN R. D. FUSSELMAN (HO): Yes. We have a whole series 

 of manuals. May I suggest that you write to the Data Center and 

 ask for it. We will send you a copy. We have a provisional one 

 for the Physical and Chemical Data. You can receive these rou- 

 tinely as they are issued. 



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