"Based on a symposium held in Canberra, Australia, August 30-September 2, 1966." Includes bibliographical references.

Problems of micrometeorological measurements / H.H. Lettau -- The measurement of turbulence parameters in the near-surface layer of the atmosphere / D.T. Tribble -- A new system for measurement of turbulent transfer processes / Y. Mitsuta, T. Hanafusa and K. Sahashi -- The measurement of eddy fluxes in the lower atmosphere / A.J. Dyer -- Frequency shift radiometer / T.G. Kyle -- Ecological data on dry-matter production by plants and plant communities / J. Warren Wilson -- Measurements for water resource assessment / T.G. Chapman -- Recording both quickly and slowly changing phenomena / J.R. Learmonth -- The sampling and processing of macroscale meteorological data / M. Cassidy and D.N. Body -- A study of methods for the measurement of integrated stream flow / R.S. Trenam -- Instrumentation and field problems in radioisotope tracing of storm runoff / D.H. Pilgrim -- Getting data from the ocean / R.W. Stewart -- Acoustic and related measurements in the ocean / R. Wyber -- Data handling in physical oceanography / B.V. Hamon -- An oceanographic telemetry system / F.J. Johnson -- Carbonate sedimentation in Shark Bay, Western Australia -- field data gathering and processing / I.G. Nicholls and B.W. Logan -- The data problem in animal field trials / P.J. Claringbold -- Microclimate telemetry studies of red-winged (Agelaius phoeniceus) blackbird nesting habitat / M.I. Dyer, F.W. Anderka and A. De Vos -- Automatic animal tracking on a limited budget / R.S. Trenam -- The physical characterization of field soils / D.R. Nielsen and J.W. Biggar -- Measuring systems : conception and design / H.M. Nelson -- Elements of information theory / A.E. Karbowiak -- The use of telemetry for field data collection / P.O. Gillard -- Instrument data processing systems / G.E. Barlow -- Use and abuse of information processing by machine / C.H.M. van Bavel -- A technique for assessing environmental stability / C. Billington -- Economic and technical aspects of computer use in on-line experiments / M. Kovarik -- An intermediate speed data conversion system / J.K. Bargh -- On-line use of display units with the CSIRO Control Data 3600 / P.H. Frost and J.P. Penny -- A data system for turbulence studies / R.E. Luxton, G.G. Swenson and B.S. Chadwick -- A computer-controlled micrometeorological data acquisition system / J.C. Kaimal and D.A. Haugen -- Display and recording facilities at a field observatory / M.I. Large and W.B. McAdam -- An on-site digital data acquisition system / D.H. Rodgers -- A low cost analogue data acquisition and pre-computer reduction system / P.O. Gillard and D. Lamp -- A conversion, storage, and processing system for graphically-recorded data / M.J. Goodspeed -- The National Physical Laboratory data processing system / D.L.A. Barber.