COMMITTEE--Minutes of the Meeting of the Instrumentation Committee and the Instrumentation Technical Advisory Subcommittee, May 1997

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Subject: Minutes of ICOM and ITAS, May 1997


In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 405

                                   MEMORANDUM

						July 16, 1997
                                                          

To:             District Chiefs, Water Resources Division

From:           Catherine L. Hill /signed/
                Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Operations

Subject:        COMMITTEE--Minutes of the Meeting of the Instrumentation 
                Committee and the Instrumentation Technical Advisory 
                Subcommittee, May 1997

The subject minutes are available for your information from the
Instrumentation Committee Home Page.  The Home Page may be accessed from
the Water Resources Division internal home page (via Science Links and
Scientific Tools) or through the use of the following URL -  

        http://wwwqvarsa.er.usgs.gov/~mlfield/icom.html.

Please share this document with members of your district who have an
interest in hydrologic field instrumentation.  You or your staff may 
direct questions and comments regarding the attached minutes to your 
regional representative on the Instrumentation Committee (ICOM), the 
Instrumentation Technical Advisory Subcommittee (ITAS) (see Attachment 1 
to the minutes), or Bill Shope (wgshope).

The Water Resources Division (WRD) Instrumentation Committee (ICOM) 
and the Instrumentation Technical Advisory Subcommittee (ITAS) met
May 6-8, 1997, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and at the Hydrologic 
Instrumentation Facility, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.  A summary 
of the May joint meeting was transmitted to you earlier via 
electronic mail.

We invite those who have requirements for a new or modified instrument to
visit the Instrumentation Committee Home Page and to click on "reports" in the
third paragraph. You can review the progress of priority instrumentation
projects or click on the first button adjacent to "Create a New Form" to
identify a new need.  The Home Page software will allow you to forward the
Instrument Needs Form to your ITAS representative for consideration at the
November ITAS meeting.

Thank you very much for your support of the ICOM and the ITAS.  We encourage
your continued input to the committees on instrumentation issues.


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     Special Distribution for Research
     State, District, Subdistrict and other Field Offices 
     Project Offices
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     Hydrologic Technicians