search ships or you have to get something else out there that will 

 get this data rapidly -- aiot in 60 years --in order for us to be 

 able to do with it what we need. Whether Government does it or 

 whether Industry does it, there has to be a solution. It is for our 

 national welfare. 



DR. JAMES W. FORD (Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc.): 

 In Captain Fusselman's discussions there was only passing men- 

 tion of wave height measurement. Will someone touch on the 

 reason for the absence of concern in this particular problem? 



CAPTAIN R. D. FUSSELMAN (HO): Mr. John Schule, Jr., will 

 cover this item in his presentation tomorrow. 



MR. HUGH PRUSS (Telemetering Corporation of America): Will 

 your schedules make allowances for interdevelopmental phases of 

 oceanographic instrumentation and along with this, will workable 

 standards be developed? 



MR. G. JAFFE (HO): Those are two questions. For the first, we 

 are using interim measures at the moment. We will have to con- 

 tinue to use these nneasures until the standardized instrunnentation 

 is available. 



With regard to the standards, the calibration, testing, and 

 standards for testing are being considered, and statements will be 

 made on that either through professional societies, such as the 

 Instrument Society of America, or through a Governmental Center 

 which will handle this for us. 



MR. W. J. GREER (Welex Electronics Corporation): Is there any 

 consideration being given to the Decca navigational system for 

 oceanographic fixes? 



REAR ADMIRAL, C. PIERCE (USC&GS): There are numerous 

 systems that exist today, all employing substantially the same 

 principle. As far as Decca is concerned, it has not proved itself 

 superior to Loran. The United States has a big investment in Loran. 

 What is the point of using Decca? We would not expect England to 

 switch to Loran. That is about as simple as you can make it. 



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