f . Recording and Readout : 



(1) To provide for visual analog. 



(2) The data sensed by this instrument is to be an input 

 into the Master Shipboard Data Logging and Processing System. 



Potential Users and Estimated Number of Units Which They May 

 Require : 



a. U. S. Navy (applied research, basic research, and oceano- 

 graphic survey ships) - 20 to 40. 



b. U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - 10 to 20. 



c. Certain activities within scientific community - 10 to 20. 



d. Bureau of Cominnercial Fisheries - 2 to 14. 



e. Atomic Energy Commission - 10 to 20. 



Total: 52 to 114. 



Recommendation Where Instrumient Should Be Researched and 

 Developed: 



U. S. Industry. 



Relative Importance to U. S. National Oceanogr aphic Program: 



Individual instrument/equipnnent priority 11. 



I. 1. DEEP SEA PLANKTON SAMPLER 



Primary Use: 



This is an instrument designed for "underway" operations from 

 an oceanographic survey ship at moderate speeds. Its purpose is to 

 permit quantitative sampling of a variety of sizes of plankton, at 

 selected depths. 



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