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The National Academies Press

The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States

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Size: 110 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1998

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Lance F. Bosart, Principal Investigator; William A. Sprigg, Study Director; Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
Executive Summary	1-5	(skim)
1 Introduction	6-12	(skim)
2 NOAA's Present and Proposed Coastal Ocean Buoy and C-MAN Network	13-24	(skim)
3 Applications of Buoy/C-MAN Data Network	25-39	(skim)
4 Importance of Buoy/C-MAN Observations to Research and Operational Services	40-55	(skim)
5 Proposed Core Network and Recommendations	56-63	(skim)
6 Concluding Perspective	64-66	(skim)
References	67-78	(skim)
Appendix A: List of Contributors	79-80	(skim)
Appendix B: Letter from the Climate Research Committee to the Department of State	81-83	(skim)
Appendix C: Letter from the U.S. Coast Guard	84-84	(skim)
Appendix D: Letter from BOAT/U.S	85-85	(skim)
Appendix E: Findings from NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Reports	86-90	(skim)
Appendix F: Sample Weekly Status Report, National Data Buoy Center	91-93	(skim)
Appendix G: Data Buoy Impacts on Warning and Forecast Operations	94-97	(skim)
Figure 15	98-98	(skim)
Figure 16	99-99	(skim)

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