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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 85   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 D Letter from BOAT/U.S. December 16, 1997 National Research Council Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate 2101 Constitution Ave, NW 20418 Dear Sirs; This is to express the support of Boat Owners Association of the United States (BOAT/U.S.) for the National Weather Service's C-MANN Weather Buoy System. BOAT/U.S. represents over a half million members from all 50 states. Of these Members, almost 150,000 insure their boats through a unique “Loss Prevention Program” that seeks not just to insure boats but also to learn why losses occured and to educate members on how they could have been avoided. It is almost axiomatic that to avoid trouble on the water a boat's skipper must constantly be aware of the weather conditions. As a source of real-time weather and sea-state information, the C-MANN system has proven to be invaluable. No other source of information—radio, television, or VHF radio broadcasts—do as much to help boaters avoid dangerous weather conditions. For the past few seasons, BOAT/U.S. has promoted use of the C-MANN system in both the BOAT/U.S. Magazine and in Seaworthy, a Loss-Prevention publication of the Marine Insurance Division. The result is that the BOAT/U.S. membership has come to rely on the C-MANN buoys to insure their safety on the water. Sincerely, Robert Adriance, Jr. Assistant Vice President, Technical Services Page 85 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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