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PAPERBACK list:$29.25 Web:$26.32 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales Other Related Titles The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States (1998) 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 84   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 C Letter from the U.S. Coast Guard 9494 11/19/97 National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 20418-0001 Att: Dr. William A. Sprigg Dr. Sprigg: Thank you for inviting the Coast Guard to participate in the Essential Meteorological Buoy and CMAN Systems Data and Information Gathering Session. As discussed at the session the C-MAN and Meteorological Data Buoys system is a very important tool used by the Coast Guard for search and rescue planning and response. The Coast Guard receives approximately 50,000 requests for assistance a year, 95% of these occurring between shore and 50 NM offshore, with a total of 4,992 lives saved and $ 2213.8 million property loss prevented in FY 96. Weather data from the C-MAN and meteorological Data Buoys are very important in determining the correct Coast Guard resources to dispatch, particularly our surface vessels. The data is critical in forecasting on scene weather, which is used to formulate search plans, optimizing search effectiveness through complex leeway and drift calculations. Increasing the number of C-MAN and Meteorological Data Buoys would help the Coast Guard meet its goal of 90% lives and 70% property saved at sea. Sincerely, J. E. WIGGINS Commander, U. S. Coast Guard Chief of Policy Division, Office of Search and Rescue Page 84 Front Matter (R1-R12) Executive Summary (1-5) 1 Introduction (6-12) 2 NOAA's Present and Proposed Coastal Ocean Buoy and C-MAN Network (13-24) 3 Applications of Buoy/C-MAN Data Network (25-39) 4 Importance of Buoy/C-MAN Observations to Research and Operational Services (40-55) 5 Proposed Core Network and Recommendations (56-63) 6 Concluding Perspective (64-66) References (67-78) Appendix A: List of Contributors (79-80) Appendix B: Letter from the Climate Research Committee to the Department of State (81-83) Appendix C: Letter from the U.S. Coast Guard (84-84) Appendix D: Letter from BOAT/U.S (85-85) Appendix E: Findings from NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Reports (86-90) Appendix F: Sample Weekly Status Report, National Data Buoy Center (91-93) Appendix G: Data Buoy Impacts on Warning and Forecast Operations (94-97) Figure 15 (98-98) Figure 16 (99-99)

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