S. SUMMARY 



The field of marine geophysics has not, in the past, had sufficient 

 emphasis and funding to apply the modern-day state of the art to many of 

 its instrumentation requirements. The increasing importance of ocean- 

 ography, hydrography, and other marine sciences results in an acute 

 need for sophisticated, reliable, and rugged instrumentation. The 

 conclusions and recommendations of this report represent a first 

 attempt to give some direction to the traditionally spasmodic develop- 

 ment of marine geophysical instrumentation. 



It is the hope of this Committee that an orderly development of 

 instrument systems and components, with proper emphasis on engineer- 

 ing for accuracy and reliability, will be funded. Such a program is the 

 only way in which "tools for the widespread, meaningful exploration 

 of the sea will be made readily available. 



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