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



d. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries - 10 to 15. 



e. U. S. Coast Guard - 10 to ZO . 



Total: 60 to 115. 



Recommendation Where Instrument Should Be Researched and 

 Developed: 



U. S. Industry. 



Relative Importance to U. S. National Oceanographic Program: 



Instrument system priority Z. 



II. c. MASTER OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPBOARD DATA 

 LOGGING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM 



Primary Use: 



To be utilized on oceanographic survey ships. In view of 

 the many ships scheduled to be employed in oceanwide research and 

 survey programs, it is imperative that the maximum quantity of 

 data possible be processed on board ship. This data processing 

 system, through being sufficiently versatile to handle a variety of 

 data inputs, should provide the required on-board data analyzing, 

 logging, processing, and storage capability. This system will 

 expedite the availability of "smoothed" field data for utilization by 

 either the scientific leader or survey party chief "in the field" in 

 order to achieve optimum results. 



Requirements and Specifications : 



a. To be utilized and perform reliably under the following 

 modes of survey type of operations: (1) ship stopped ("lying-to"), 

 (2) ship anchored, and (3) ship underway at speeds 0-18 knots. 



b. System to function reliably in sea states through 5. 



c. The system should employ solid state circuitry wherever 



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