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6 Evaluation of Near-Term Priorities
6 Evaluation of Near-Term Priorities
Pages 75-82
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6 Evaluation of Near-Term Priorities Near-term priorities (efforts) provide a bridge between the generalities of the themes, the focus of the 21 priorities, and the launching of more specific actions under the umbrella of the ORPP.
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The supporting text indicates that these near-term priorities incorporate aspects of each of the three overarching opportunities -- forecasting ocean processes, scientific support for ecosystem management, and deployment of elements of the ocean observing system. While such an approach serves many of the 21 priorities, it also establishes accomplishment of the overarching opportunities as a priority in itself.
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Committee on Ocean Policy, Pew Oceans Commission, and Joint Ocean Commission Initiative) have made compelling arguments for the need for action to move ocean science forward to support critical societal needs.
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Comparative Analyses While the priority area appears to be appropriate and is a good candidate for immediate work, the proposed approach appears to be too limited and prescriptive by specifying only comparative analysis. In addition to comparative analysis, there is also an urgent need to improve our understanding of marine ecosystem organization and function.
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Atlantic program focus on the MOC has resulted in considerable progress on process studies to improve climate and ocean general circulation models, and the United Kingdom Rapid Climate Change Programme (RAPID) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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These issues may be left for the implementation strategy, but they frustrate determination of the feasibility of achieving the near-term priorities within the two to five-year time frame. Also, it is not clear how the time frame for the near-term priorities meshes with the timing of the 21 priorities -- are they meant to be sequential or parallel efforts?
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Both Atlantic and Pacific efforts are impor tant to understanding the ocean's role in abrupt climate change and its impacts, and further explanation of their relationship would clarify the future path for this re search area. RECOMMENDATION: Research priorities should not include text that appears to prescribe the types of research to be used to achieve the goals.
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