b. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 15 to 30. 



c. Certain activities within scientific community - 20 to 40. 



d. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries - 15 to 50. 



Total: 100 to 370. 



Recommendation Where Instrument Should Be Researched and 

 Developed: 



U. S. Industry. 



Relative Importance to U. S. National Qceanographic Program: 



Individual instrument priority 2. 



I.e. SHIPBOARD WAVE METER 



Primary Use: 



This instrument will be utilized on oceanographic survey ships 

 to measure and record the wave spectra in the oceanic areas for 

 general survey and other purposes. 



Requirements and Specifications: 



a. For use on board oceanographic survey ships in oceanic 

 areas with ship "lying-to" or underway at slow speed (0-3 knots). 



b. It is desirable that this instrument operate without the 

 necessity of immersing any sensors in the water, in order to re- 

 duce danger of deterioration of sensors or damage to the instru- 

 ment. 



c. The instrument will be capable of being operated from in- 

 side a shipboard laboratory and will require no work on deck, ex- 

 cept for preliminary calibrations and rigging the instrument for 

 operation. There is to be no requirement to work on deck while 

 measurennents are being taken. 



d. The instrument should be so designed as to require mini- 



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