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Appendix J: Selected Responses to World Wide Web and Scientific Steering Committee Questionnaires
Appendix J: Selected Responses to World Wide Web and Scientific Steering Committee Questionnaires
Pages 152-158
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The responses listed below were selected and included to provide a qualitative sense of the range of views held within the community. (Note: Most, but not all, of the respondents to the Website questionnaire identified themselves as non-program scientists.
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However, the increase in our knowledge should be judged against the cost of the program and significance of the questions posed; in other words., is it worthwhile to fund scientists to make what in many cases are routine measurements, if the overarching questions are not compelling? Too often the research is not hypothesis-driven and the contributions of many participating principal investigators are unequal." 153 Question: Have major oceanographic programs provided additional facilities or instrumentation (or methods)
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While their willingness to work together is essential for theirfinancial success, willingness to bring others in once a program is established is rarely the norm." "For the most part, major oceanographic programs have been rather removed and distant from the minority ocean science communities. Therefore, while they have enjoyed the benefits of minority tax dollars that support science endeavors, they have given little or nothing back to the minority communities in helping to uplift scholars."
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Many of them carry out truly outstanding scientific research funded by the regular NSF programs, but have restricted access to these larger programs. " Collaboration "Generally, they have fostered stronger cooperation between scientists.
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For example the GLOBEC California Current Program has now centered on salmon. This was because it was politically expedient to work on a commercial species and because of the involvement of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFSJ in GLOBEC.
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It has been difficult to get the oceanography community to work in the same areas." "Availability of modern research ships and field equipment, up-to-date analytical equipment, and the difficulty of repair and maintenance of scientific equip ment in remote regions." "It is more time and money that limit us from automating and from taking full advantage of technological progress than technological limitations that limit our efforts to reach our research objectives."" "Ability to make long-term measurements of oceanographic phenomena."" "The primary limitations are not technological. Inability to hire expertise is the major factor limiting research.
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Perhaps some evening meetings (like NSF town meetings at AGU last yearJ to make people aware of upcoming major developments. " ~ "Open meetings/workshops as well as periodic meetings in DC where the chairs of the MOPs and agency reps discuss potential coordination between programs.
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