GERONIMO. The entire procedure, GERONIMO to KINGSPORT through the 

 satellite to National Oceanographic Data Center and back, to the 

 GERONIMO , was completed in approximately one half hour. With proper 

 teletype circuits, and with computers available at the quality 

 control center, ''raw" observed data could be transmitted through the 

 satellite; fully processed data plus results of quality control 

 analyses could be provided to the vessel within a very short period 

 of time. Such data, considered both ashore and on board the vessel, 

 would provide a reliable base for revisions' of cruise plans and 

 schedules if "atypical" situations were observed or were noted to be 

 in the process of developing. 



9° State Department 

 Clearances for U. S. government vessels to enter foreign ports; 

 translations of standard instructions into French, Spanish and Russian 

 and expediting passport and visa requirements for scientists aboard 

 the participating vessels. 



10 . Smithsonian Institution 



The Smithsonian's Oceanographic Sorting Center sorted all 

 zooplankton and night light samples from EQUALANTS I, II and III. 



11 . Wood s Hole Oceanographic Institution 



Participation of CHAIN and CRAWFORD in EQUALANT I, Assistance 

 with procurement of C-l4 incubators and plankton nets used aboard 

 each vessel. 



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