NS/ IOC/RES 



Item 7 



Paris, 24 October 1961 



Original: English 



UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 

 SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION 



INTERGQVERNr\4ENTAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION 



First Session 



Paris, UNESCO, 19-27 October 1961 



STANDARDIZATION AND INTERCALIBI^ATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC 



METHODS AND EQUIPME^JT 



(Draft Resolution presented to the plenary 

 meeting by Working Group No. 3) 



The Commission 



Recognizing that there is a pressing need for a coordinated 

 program that insures that oceanographic observations will be 

 more meaningful and useful for oceanographic research in 

 general , 



Recognizing further that this can be accomplished by a 

 carefully planned program which includes to varying degrees the 

 standardization, intercalibration and absolute calibration of 

 observational methods and equipment, and that the formulation 

 of such a program should be carried out by those scientists 

 most intimately involved in the collection and use of such data, 



Convinced that in order to have comparable results this 

 will probably involve some standardization of methods and 

 equipment but equally convinced that world-wide standardization 

 of all oceanographic techniques is not now desirable, 



Aware that such a program should proceed in an orderly 

 fashion so that final results will be the assurance that 

 accurate oceanographic data can be mutually exchanged among 

 oceanographers , 



Further aware of the excellent work in this field being 

 carried out by lAPO, ICES, and ICSEM, and of the recent inter- 

 calibrations at Honolulu and aboard "VITYAZ" and "GASCOYNE" 

 sponsored jointly by SCOR and UNESCO. 



