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The global ocean observing system : users, benefits, and priorities / Committee on the Global Ocean Observing System, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review U.S. Planning for a Global Ocean Observing System.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Marine meteorology--Technique.
Marine meteorology.
Oceanography--Technique.
Oceanography.
Global Ocean Observing System.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (92 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The Global Ocean Observing System is a study by the Ocean Studies Board intended to provide information and advice to federal agencies (the U.S. GOOS Interagency ad hoc Working Group) to help define and implement an effective, affordable, and customer-based U.S. contribution to GOOS. In particular, the committee was asked to provide advice to U.S. agencies regarding a practical concept for GOOS, identify potential applications and users of GOOS during the next 3 to 5 years and beyond, recommend appropriate roles for industry and academia in GOOS, and prioritize observational and infrastructure activities that should be undertaken or continued by the United States in its initial commitments to GOOS. In response to its charge, the committee reviewed the status of GOOS planning and implementation at both the national and international levels, invited presentations by relevant federal agencies and members of the private sector, and examined the range of potential uses and benefits of products derived from information to be collected by GOOS. Finally, the committee drew upon this information and its own expertise to develop a number of recommendations intended to help move the implementation of GOOS forward.
Contents:
THE GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM
Copyright
PREFACE
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
OVERARCHING THEMES
INTERNATIONAL GOOS
GOOS IN THE UNITED STATES
USERS AND BENEFITS OF GOOS
DEVELOPING GOOS IN THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP
PRIORITIES FOR U.S. GOOS ACTIVITIES
1 INTRODUCTION
GOOS OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH
THE GOOS MODULES
Climate Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction
Assessment and Prediction of the Health of the Ocean
Monitoring and Assessment of Living Marine Resources
Coastal Zone Management and Development
Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services
U.S. GOOS
NRC COMMITTEE FOR THE GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM
2 INTERNATIONAL GOOS
INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL PLANNING BY MODULE
Monitoring and Assessment of Marine Living Resources
Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Operational Services
Overall Status of Module Planning at the International Level
Importance of Time Series
RELATIONSHIP OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS TO GOOS
3 GOOS IN THE UNITED STATES
U.S. GOOS INFRASTRUCTURE
U.S. GOOS Interagency ad Hoc Working Group
U.S. GOOS Interagency Project Office
Relationship to the Integrated Global Observing Strategy
Relationship to International GOOS
Review and Advice
U.S. PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
EDUCATION
4 USERS AND BENEFITS OF GOOS
EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL GOOS APPLICATIONS
Surface Winds Over the Ocean
Data Users, Products, and Benefits
Strategy for Improving System
Sea Surface Temperature
Coastal Hazard Prediction and Warnings
Data, Users, and Products
Ultimate Users and Benefits.
Implementation Strategy
Improved Navigational Systems
Ultimate Users and Benefits
Strategies for Improving the System
Improved Fish Stock Assessments
Benefits and Ultimate Users
Prediction of Algal Blooms in Coastal Regions
Climate Forecasts and Health Warnings
COST-BENEFIT STUDIES
Enso Effects On Agribusiness
Amnesiac Shellfish Poisoning: Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1987
Coastal Forecasts
5 DEVELOPING GOOS IN THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP
THE CONCEPT
EXAMPLES
Surface Winds
Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems (Ports)
The California Cooperative Fisheries Investigations
Algal Blooms
6 PRIORITIES FOR U.S. GOOS ACTIVITIES
PRIORITIES FOR OBSERVATIONS
REFERENCES
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX B Committee Roster
APPENDIX C Acronyms.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9786610210503
9780309174848
0309174848
9781280210501
1280210508
9780309590167
0309590167
9780585149196
0585149194
OCLC:
43477134

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