APPENDIX A. FIRST PROGRESS REPORT 



Code 5401-BEO/klw 

 22 April 1958 

 MEMORANDUM 



From: Committee on Instrumentation 

 To: Deputy Hydrographer 



Subj: Committee on Instrumentation; progress report of 



Ref: (a) Code 1000-bla memo of March 5, 1958 



Encl: (1) Report of subject Committee on Oceanographic and 

 Hydrographic Instrumentation 



1. Despite extended absences of several of its members, the Committee 

 established by reference (a) has met four times since its inception. 



2. Enclosure (1) summarizes the approach of the Committee to its 

 assignment. Responsibilities for assembling information on instrumenta- 

 tion in different areas have been assigned to Committee members. 

 Considerable time has been devoted in Committee meetings to indoctri- 

 nation of the members on instruments and requirements in fields other 

 than their own. A form has been designed for summarizing data on 

 instruments and components regarded as worthy of serious considera- 

 tion. It is intended that this form will be revised after an adequate 

 trial run. 



3. It has become apparent that, if the Committee's work is to be signif- 

 icant, considerable time must be devoted to seeking out details on the 

 performance of particular instruments and components. It is believed 

 that this could be accomplished most effectively by working closely 

 with the Instrumentation Division. The Committee also feels that it 

 would be highly desirable to have direct access to someone capable 

 of checking by pilot study, or his knowledge of electronics, the inter- 

 mediate steps or tentative conclusions of the Committee in developing 

 recommendations for systems. For these purposes, it is requested 

 that someone at the working level in the Instrumentation Division be 

 assigned to work closely with the Committee. It is felt that someone 

 with a good knowledge of electronics, imaginative, and willing and able 

 to do "bench work" would best be able to fulfill the requirements 

 anticipated by the Committee. 



BOYD E. OLSON 

 Chairman 



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