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CROSSCUTTING ISSUES
Pages 57-60

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From page 57...
... For example, the collection of core material and downhole measurements requires sophisticated equipment and an advanced drilling vessel. ODP uses the JOIDES Resolution, which was modified to meet the special requirements of scientific ocean drilling and replaced the drillship Glomar Challenger in 1985.
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From page 58...
... Satellite sensors can observe a specific site with overflights on the order of a few times per week, observations may be limited by cloud cover, and typical sensors last only a few years. It has been difficult to maintain data continuity because of the long lead times for sensor and satellite development and the vulnerability of spacecraft to the federal budget process (satellites are discussed in more detail in the next section)
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From page 59...
... Several of the programs described in this report have been designed to exploit particular satellite sensors for monitoring large-scale conditions occurring coincident with shipboard measurements. JGOFS will incorporate ocean color image data from the Sea-Viewing, Wide Field Sensor (SeaWiFS)
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From page 60...
... The first Earth Probe satellite will support the SeaWiFS ocean color sensor, followed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, which will provide data to estimate heat transfer by evaporation and precipitation of water in the tropics. Data Management and Availability GOOS and GCOS will cooperate to develop the next generation of atmosphere-ocean data management systems.
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  • cloud cover
  • upper ocean
  • tropical ocean
  • natural laboratory

  • surface parameters
  • incorporate ocean
  • drilling vessel
  • situ instrument
  • climate models

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  • requires sophisticated
  • single researcher
  • global coverage
  • wind speed

  • appropriate sensors
  • regular observations
  • providing scientists
  • budget process
  • scatterometer measures


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