Is anyone now working on the developnnent of gas chromatography 

 for quantitative analysis of gases dissolved in sea water -- espe- 

 cially oxygen and nitrogen? 



MR. J. M. SNODGRASS (SIO): I cannot give you any really satis- 

 factory answer on this. I know some of the marine biologists at 

 Scripps are looking into this, and have gotten so far as to dis- 

 cussing it with some of the commercial manufacturers. Unfortun- 

 ately, I did not anticipate this question would be asked, and I do 

 not know the current status. I think it is alive, but 1 do not know 

 how far it has gone. 



MR. HARVEY L. HOWELL (Avien, Inc.): What are Government 

 and private oceanographic organizations doing to make Industry 

 aware of specific needs? 



THE CHAIRMAN: This Symposium, and the material included in 

 the report of the Symiposium, are the first steps that Government 

 is doing, in a concerted manner, to inform Industry of its needs 

 in this area of oceanography. 



If this works out well, we may wish to communicate on this 

 particular matter further with industry as a group, in the hope, 

 of course, of stimulating interest in the industry, and providing 

 communication both ways. 



MR. ROBERT S. BOWDITCH (Northrop Corporation): What is 

 the present status and relationship of the various proposed 

 Oceanographic Programs; i.e., NASCO, TENOC, ICO, Magnuson 

 Bill , Miller Bill ? 



THE CHAIRMAN: These things are somewhat related to one 

 another. The NASCO is the National Academy of Sciences Commit- 

 tee on Oceanography. This Committee of the National Academy of 

 Sciences was formed at the request of a number of Government 

 Agencies, and it has been financed by those agencies. The Navy, 

 Department of Interior, Department of Commerce, the Atomic 

 Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation -- and there 

 may be one or two others -- asked the National Academy of 

 Sciences about four or five years ago to study the needs of the 

 nation in the field of oceanography. 



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