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'EXPANSIONS AND EXTENSIONS'
Pages 48-50

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From page 48...
... We must expect that in the future, as in the past, an evolutionary, research-based process will provide strong indications that certain observations should be extended or expanded in certain directions, and the scientific and programmatic machinery must be capable of dealing with these indications as they arise. Already one can argue in favor of bringing observing systems in the other two tropical oceans up to the intensity and extent now nearly realized in the Pacific Ocean.
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From page 49...
... Assuming that neither the energy in the community nor the resources in the agencies will suffice to start such expansions in both oceans now, on balance we favor beginning the expansion in the Indian Ocean, for the intrinsic scientific importance noted above and for the practical effect of programmatic synergy with major World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) and Joint Global Ocean Flux Study oceanographic efforts scheduled for that ocean in 1994-1995.
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From page 50...
... EXPANSION OF TECHNIQUES AND OF FIELDS OBSERVED Beyond the ones discussed above, a number of other observables and measurement techniques are best described as being in the research arena now but that in the near future hold distinct potential for extensive longterm monitoring with real impact on climate predictions. Assuming that the TOGA TAO array is continued, the buoys of that array afford ready platforms for the collection and transmission of a number of parameters beyond wind, SST, and upper-ocean thermal structure.
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