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THE NAVY OCEAN ENGINEERING PROGRAM 



A radiation thermometer mounted on the wing of a S2E aircraft permits 

 measurement of the sea-surface temperature over a large area in a short time period. 



normal transit from port to port. Among the equipments being developed 

 for placement on these ships is a self-contained sensing and recording 

 package which can be conveniently shipped to any location in the world 

 and hand-carried aboard a designated ship of opportunity. The system will 

 be capable of measuring conductivity and temperature at increments of 

 depth to 1 200 ft, and of storing these data for 60 or more observations. 

 The system, known as the Suitcase CTD system, will have a weight such 

 that one man can easily carry it, and a design such that it can be operated 

 by untrained personnel. Upon completion of a CTD survey operation, the 

 entire package will be shipped back to the Naval Oceanographic Office, 

 where the stored data will be converted to magnetic tape for computer 

 data processing. 



Other plans for the ships-of-opportunity program include development 

 of expendable instruments, meteorological instruments, and a van housing 

 an integrated central control station for all measurements taken on a survey. 



Quantitative information on the effectiveness of ASWEPS, and guidance 

 for its future direction, will be gleaned from the results of an 18-month 



