pal and auxiliary sources and brought together in a Real Time System to 
compute final values of the parameters. This data will be available be- 
fore moving off station and will thus be evaluated at that point by the 
Chief Scientist. A complete description of the Real Time System is in- 
cluded in the proposal from U. C. S. D., Scripps Institution of Oceano- 
graphy, A. E. Bainbridge, principal investigator, and a block diagram 
1s presented in Figure 5. 
Prior to the cruises major efforts of many of those associ- 
ated with the program have gone into construction projects and the test- 
ing of equipment as well as into planning scientific investigations. 
For the operation of the project, each of the major oceanographic insti- 
tutions has been assigned certain areas of responsibility. They are de- 
tailed in individual proposals but are summaried briefly here. The list- 
ing does not, however, include the specific analytical commitments given 
in Tabie l. 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 
1) Provision of shiptime, R/V KNORR, for shakedown cruise, June, 
1972 and for Atlantic cruise, July, 1972 - March, 1973. 
2) Provision of logistics support and facilities for shipment of 
equipment, samples and personnel to and from ship during first 
cruise. 
3) Provision of center for collection and distribution of samples 
for shore based analytical work together with facilities for 
establishing and maintaining a "water library" for the entire 
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