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Pages 159-165

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... . See National Science Foundation Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer (ALACE)
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... . See National Science Foundation/Ocean Sciences Division E Earth Science Division (EAR)
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... , 19, 21, 87-88 Geosciences Directorate. See National Science Foundation Global Change Research Program, 14 Global environmental issues, emphasis placed on, 5 Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System (GOALS)
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... , 102 creating new interdisciplinary unit within, 5-6, 100-102 creation of, 18 Division of National and International Programs, 18 Earth Science Division (EAR) , 102 future of ocean science funding at, 15, 6368, 96-102 Geosciences Directorate, 29, 102 programs involving, 84-87 recommendations to, 62 National Science Foundation/Ocean Sciences Division (NSF/OCE)
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... , 19, 21 commercial importance, 7 North Pacific subtropical gyre, 49 environmental importance, 7 NSF/OCE. See National Science Foundation role in climate, 2 Ocean Sciences Division.
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... See Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study; Hawaii Ocean Time-Series; Long time-series observations TOGA Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TOGA TAO) array, 54, 73, 75 TOPEX project, 61, 153 Poseidon satellite radar altimetry mission, 23 Town meetings, 47, 87 Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA)
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... , 28, 59 publications from, 146-148 University-National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems (UNOLS) , 40, 43, 50, 57-58, 76, 95, 136, 157 Unknowns, investigating, 72 W Weather forecasting, 26 Website questionnaire, 11, 126-127 selected responses to, 152-158 Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 18, 85 165 World Climate Research Program (WCRP)
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