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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
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Scientists are developing capabilities to distinguish actual climate change from "noise" due to natural variation of the global climate system on annual and decadal time scales. Although the role of the ocean in global climate is not fully understood, there is general agreement that it is significant.
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In 1990, the Ocean Studies Board published a brief report, The Ocean 's Role in Global Change: The Contemporary System-An Overview of Major Research Programs. It described the major research programs that were ongoing or planned at that time, specifically those designed to study the role of the ocean in short-term climate variability.
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