Future of expendable instruments in arctic oceanography

Results of a workshop are given. Scientists with interests in the oceanography of Arctic regions, primarily ice margins in the Greenland Sea and Bering Sea, were convened with engineers familiar with the technology of oceanographic measurements in temperate ocean regions. Near-future capabilities in expendable instruments were surveyed, and the potential for new instruments were discussed. Logistics and effectiveness in field programs were considered along with the access to space and time scales in data made efficient by new expendable technology. (The workshop was held in December, 1981 and this is the first public report of its findings.)