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Real Time Decision Support Everywhere--Nathaniel G. Plant
Pages 31-35

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... Assessment of oceanography in 2025 Oceanography has reached a mature stage wherein we have reliable observation, modeling, and forecasting capabilities. In the next decade, we can take advantage of these capabilities to advance both scientific discovery and the societal impact of oceanographic research.
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... Autonomous vehicles apply this strategy by adapting the sampling mission to a real time analysis of the environment. Perhaps fathometers on commercial and recreational boats will sample wind, wave, depth, and temperature data that will support real time updates of environmental models.
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... Will they support oceanographic applications that minimize the adverse impacts of climate change and major hurricanes? Will these communication tools support the education and efforts of the next generations of oceanographers?
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... For instance, we can expect that increased applied efforts would lead to overall increases in oceanographic funding, broader visibility of oceanography as a societal utility, increased attractiveness to the next generation of oceanographers who want to have a societal impact, and increased probability of identifying knowledge gaps and new science directions. A secondary conclusion from the workshop was that broad application of "state of the art" oceanographic technology is at risk because the knowledge required to make it work is isolated in a small number of technicians.
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... are adequately represented. Acknowledgments Peter Howd, Hilary Stockdon, and Barbara Lidz provided valuable comments on this assessment.
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