An Ocean Climate Research Strategy (1984) / Chapter Skim
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'OTHER OCEAN CLIMATE RESEARCH ISSUES'
'OTHER OCEAN CLIMATE RESEARCH ISSUES'
Pages 44-48
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The chapter concludes with a discussion of common observational and modeling needs. OCEAN CLIMATE RESEARCH OUTSIDE THE BIG PROGRAMS The large, internationally sanctioned ocean climate programs receive most of the attention, here as elsewhere.
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By including too much under the climate umbrella, we risk weakening the focus of the ocean climate research program. Yet we should note the importance to climate research of many ongoing and proposed ocean research programs, such as the following: Transient Tracers in the Ocean (TTO)
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The results should test the ability of numerical ocean circulation models to predict ocean transport on time scales of decades and longer. Studies of climate variability on interannual time scales will benefit from an enhanced understanding of ocean circulation.
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If, however, it is judged to be important to our knowledge of the physical structure and circulation of the ocean, the additional benefit to the climate research program should be weighed in assigning priorities. WORKING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES Ocean climate research activities of other countries have the potential of adding to the American effort.
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Finally, there is widespread skepticism about Soviet motives. At the moment, the EAZO program is carried as a "national program" within the climate research program (COCO, 1983)
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