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APPENDIX II - PARAMETERS OF IMPORTANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE OCEAN'S ROLE IN GLOBAL CHANGE
Pages 67-70

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... APPENDIX I! - Parameters of Importance for Understanding the Ocean's Role In Global Changer PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT GENERAL ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS wind ships shipping; structures; air temperature buoys search & rescue; offshore humidity satellites operations; meteorological precipitation aircraft models; weather forecasts; sea state coastal stations recreation PROFILING ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN MEASUREMENTS balloon profiles ships weather forecasts; acoustic profiles buoys air quality; optical profiles air-sea chemical fluxes SEA LEVEL sea level tide gauges tides; storm surge; navigation; bottom pressure coastal zone management; guages coastal development; salt water intrusion; climate change; recreation CURRENTS currents ships navigation; search and rescue; buoys emergency response; beach drifters erosion; sediment and pollutant transport; global circulation models III)
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... 68 APPENDIXES | PARAMETER TOOLS SOCIETAL BENEFIT l TEMPERATURE sea-surface temperature ships climate change; coastal subsurface temperature buoys meteorology; environmental quality; VOS sea-level change; fisheries SALINITY surface salinity ships ecosystem health; fisheries; deep salinity buoys environmental quality; recreation coastal ocean models ICE ice edge and extent satellites navigation; climate change; coastal observations aircraft meteorology; climate models; ecosystem health; fisheries SHORT AND LONG WAVE RADIATION aerosols satellites climate change; water gas exchange ground stations quality; ecosystems health; chemical precipitation ships status and trends; fisheries photosynthetically available radiation OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS pigment buoys water quality; ecosystem detritus ships health; eutrophication; clarity satellites navigation; toxic brooms sediment load spectral properties .
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... ecosystem health; fisheries; abundance acoustics global change; fisheries species identification optics biochemical and molecular techniques CHEMISTRY POC, DOC, PCO2, DIC ships environmental quality; ecosystem contaminants buoys health; living resources; submersibles recreation; human health ROVs, AUVs GEOLOGY sediment types cores coastal zone management; grain size, porosity grab samples environmental quality; movement, morphology echo sounder ecosystem health; navigation; bathymet~-topography nets living resources benthic biology landers-incubators coastal erosion-run off
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Key Terms

  • environmental quality
  • living resources
  • coastal zone
  • zone management
  • species identification

  • molecular techniques
  • global change
  • dic ships
  • sediment types
  • echo sounder

  • benthic biology
  • grab samples
  • human health
  • grain size


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