An Ocean Climate Research Strategy (1984) / Chapter Skim
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'NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION'
'NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION'
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In addition, the agencies must develop a balanced program of support for ocean climate research, based on the views of a broad spectrum of the oceanographic community. The United States will play a key role in the World Climate Research Program, and will likely support a considerable proportion of the major ocean climate programs.
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Research is only one aspect of the National Climate Program, and the NCPO thus has responsibility for maintaining a balance among the program components. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION The NSF, as lead agency for Ocean Heat Transport and Storage, has the de facto responsibility for oversight of the national ocean climate research program.
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NOAA is the lead agency for the principal thrust of the National Climate Program entitled Generation and Dissemination of Climate Information." NOAA's Environmental Data and Information Service runs the National Climatic Center that manages meteorological data and the National Oceanographic Data Center that manages oceanographic data. As the climate program progresses, the management of data and information will be a factor in its success.
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NASA has focused on defining scientific questions addressable by specific earth-orbiting satellite oceanographic sensors. They have commissioned a series of studies that, though not specifically directed to ocean climate research, provide a valuable summary of satellite oceanographic capabilities and needs.
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ONR is also supporting the development of techniques in remote sensing that have direct application to ocean climate research experiments. Furthermore, naval operational activities need environmental information of the type that is important to climate research.
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International ocean climate research is a component of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
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The United States has played a strong role in developing international plans for ocean climate research, and there is every indication that this will continue. We should not let the international planning dictate the content of the U.S.
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