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PAPERBACK list:$25.00 Web:$22.50 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $19.50 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond Other Related Titles The Ocean's Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs (1994) Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 67   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix II - Parameters of Importance for Understanding the Ocean's Role in Global Change 1 PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT GENERAL ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS wind air temperature humidity precipitation sea state ships buoys satellites aircraft coastal stations shipping; structures; search & rescue; offshore operations; meteorological models; weather forecasts; recreation PROFILING ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS ballon profiles acoustic profiles optical profiles ships buoys weather forecasts; air quality; air-sea chemical fluxes SEA-LEVEL sea-level tide gauges bottom pressure guages tides; storm surge; navigation; coastal zone management; coastal development; salt water intrusion; climate change; recreation CURRENTS currents ships buoys drifters navigation; search and rescue; emergency response; beach erosion; sediment and pollutant transport; global circulation models 1   Adapted from a table in First Steps Toward a U.S. GOOS (see Appendix III) Page 67 FRONT MATTER (R1-R10) INTRODUCTION (1-6) THE CONTEMPORARY SYSTEM (7-38) THE GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE (39-56) CROSSCUTTING ISSUES (57-60) CONCLUSIONS (61-62) APPENDIX I - LIST OF ACRONYMS (63-66) APPENDIX II - PARAMETERS OF IMPORTANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE OCEAN'S ROLE IN GLOBAL CHANGE (67-70) APPENDIX III - BIBLIOGRAPHY, PROGRAM DOCUMENTS, AND ADDRESSES (71-85)

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The Ocean's Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs Appendix II - Parameters of Importance for Understanding the Ocean's Role in Global Change1 PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT GENERAL ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS wind air temperature humidity precipitation sea state ships buoys satellites aircraft coastal stations shipping; structures; search & rescue; offshore operations; meteorological models; weather forecasts; recreation PROFILING ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS ballon profiles acoustic profiles optical profiles ships buoys weather forecasts; air quality; air-sea chemical fluxes SEA-LEVEL sea-level tide gauges bottom pressure guages tides; storm surge; navigation; coastal zone management; coastal development; salt water intrusion; climate change; recreation CURRENTS currents ships buoys drifters navigation; search and rescue; emergency response; beach erosion; sediment and pollutant transport; global circulation models 1   Adapted from a table in First Steps Toward a U.S. GOOS (see Appendix III)

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The Ocean's Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT TEMPERATURE sea-surface temperature subsurface temperature ships buoys VOS climate change; coastal meteorology; environmental quality; sea-level change; fisheries SALINITY surface salinity deep salinity ships buoys ecosystem health; fisheries; environmental quality; recreation coastal ocean models ICE ice edge and extent coastal observations satellites aircraft navigation; climate change; meteorology; climate models; ecosystem health; fisheries SHORT AND LONG WAVE RADIATION aerosols gas exchange chemical precipitation photosynthetically available radiation satellites ground stations ships climate change; water quality; ecosystems health; status and trends; fisheries OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS pigment detritus clarity sediment load spectral properties buoys ships satellites water quality; ecosystem health; eutrophication; navigation; toxic blooms

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The Ocean's Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT NUTRIENTS NO3, PO4, NH3, NO2, and O2 ships buoys satellites water quality; ecosystem health; eutrophication; fisheries; recreation; status and trends PLANKTON phytoplankton fluorometric measurements species identification growth ships buoys biochemical and molecular techniques environmental quality (blooms); ecosystem health; recreation; fisheries; global change ZOOPLANKTON biomass abundance species identification ships (incl. VOS) acoustics optics biochemical and molecular techniques ecosystem health; fisheries; global change; fisheries CHEMISTRY POC, DOC, PCO2, DIC ships submersibles ROVs, AUVs environmental quality; ecosystem health; living resources; recreation; human health GEOLOGY sediment types grain size, porosity movement, morphology bathymetry-topography benthic biology coastal erosion-run off cores grab samples echo sounder nets landers-incubators coastal zone management; environmental quality; ecosystem health; navigation; living resources

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