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3 Enhancing Coordination and Information Sharing
3 Enhancing Coordination and Information Sharing
Pages 37-47
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Generally, community workshops provided the necessary input for scientific steering committees to develop science plans. National science plans often reflected the themes of international programs, as in the case of WOCE and JGOFS.
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GLOBEC had planned to work with JGOFS in the Arabian Sea, but there were no funds to conduct the study. When major oceanographic programs have coordinated their research it has been through the efforts of scientific steering committees and program managers.
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a) Fiscal Year FIGURE 3-la Funding of focus programs discussed in this report (in current dollars by major oceanographic program)
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,,,, , ...... :: o3 ~ 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 _ _ 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Fiscal Year FIGURE 3-lb Funding of focus programs discussed in this report (in 1997 constant dollars by major oceanographic program)
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These programs are following nearly the same time line, and the scientific steering committees meet together regularly. They have produced a joint announcement of research opportunities for modeling the physical and biological processes in the upwelling systems along the west coast of the United States in anticipation of joint field work there in 1999.
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The sponsors and steering committees of the major oceanographic programs should work with the federal agencies and these national data centers to implement oversight procedures to periodically review the utility and responsiveness of these centers to the user community. LESSONS FROM EXISTING PROGRAMS A characteristic common to all major oceanographic programs is a commitment to contribute in a significant way to a more complete understanding of fundamental earth system processes.
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The development of the most accepted and scientifically engaging major oceanographic programs has been characterized by workshop-generated advice, or similar scientific input into the process of defining science and setting priorities. · As a major oceanographic program meets critical programmatic mile stones, a process must be in place that permits communication of results and allows for community feedback.
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Annual meetings of scientific steering committee (SSC) chairs and annual presentation of progress reports and plans to the broader ocean science community as a means of communication and to help in planning; · Joint SSC meetings, as appropriate, to enhance information sharing and coordination of implementation plans; · Attendance, as appropriate, of major ocean program representatives
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ENHANCING COORDINATION AND INFORMATION SHARING 47 and their sponsoring agencies at SSC meetings of other major ocean programs; · Circulation of SSC meeting minutes to other major ocean programs. · Exchange of newsletters among major ocean programs; · Maintenance of a timeline of research, modeling, and synthesis activities on major ocean program websites; and · Joint hosting of "town meetings" by SSCs of ongoing programs at national science meetings to inform the scientific community of research activities and plans, as well as to receive input from that community.
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