DATA ond CALIBRATION 

 INPUTS 



SPEED (Anemometer] — » 



SPEED (Meier II 



SPEED (Meier Z) 



SPEED (Meter 3) 



DIRECTION (Wind) ' 



DIRECTION (Meier II ■ 



DIRECTION (Meier 21 ■ 



DIRECTION (Meter 31 ' 



TEMP. (Meter 1 ) 



TEMP (Meter 2) 



TEMP (Meter 31 



1 impulse/2621sec during cycle— 

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• POWER "ON FUNCTIONS 



Fig. h. Block diagram of untended digital data acquisition system. 



CONCLUSIONS 



While the untended data gathering systems will 

 never replace the oceanographic vessel or sci- 

 entist at the scene of his problem it has been 

 demonstrated that it is now feasible to build 

 such systems with a high degree of reliability 

 and flexibility. Further, it is not unreason- 

 able to expect that general ocean data gathering 

 can be done in this manner at one-tenth or less 

 the cost of conventional methods even when a 

 variety of different sensor inputs are utilized. 



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