The Global Ocean Observing System Users, Benefits, and Priorities (1997) / Chapter Skim
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2 INTERNATIONAL GOOS
2 INTERNATIONAL GOOS
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International panels are developing guidelines for participation in GOOS. The United States can provide leadership by developing implementation plans for its own agencies to follow.
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Committees such as I-GODS, JGOOS, and the SSC cannot be expected to complete the required work during their short annual sessions; an adequate staff working during intercessional periods is needed. Full development of a GOOS strategy, decisive actions by international GOOS committees, and adequate staff support for and action by the GOOS support office have not occurred.
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observations needed for deterministic prediction of the variability of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system on seasonal to interannual time scales and for the regular monitoring of climate variability at monthly to interannual scales; (3) measurements of the deep ocean essential for monitoring and understanding natural and anthropogenic ocean climate variability at long time scales with a focus mainly on monitoring, understanding, and validating model simulations rather than model initialization and prediction; and (4)
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Collectively, these health of the ocean issues were related by the panel to a range of contaminants or analyses: aquatic toxins, pesticides and herbicides, pathogens, oxygen, petroleum hydrocarbons, suspended particulate matter, phytoplankton pigments, artificial radionuclides, litter, nutrients, synthetic organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, trace metals, and pharmaceuticals. For each of these variables, the panel considered the socioeconomic impacts in coastal zones, the resulting stressrelated signals of harmful effects, capabilities for their measurement, and priorities among the world's marine areas.
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Participants of that workshop made six recommendations to J-GOOS: . Consider how the following issues should be addressed within the overall framework of GOOS: critical marine habitats, living marine resources in coastal waters (including issues of biodiversity and genetics)
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Neither ecosystem studies that pay only cursory attention to higher predators or fishery investigations that neglect other ecosystem influences (especially environmental) can be considered a satisfactory basis for the observing strategy of the GOOS LMR module.
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These services are utilized for economic operation of shipping, fisheries, tourism and recreation, improving the safety of life and property at sea, and seabed exploration. The marine services module aims to enhance the collection and analysis of oceanographic and marine meteorological data required for improved short- and medium-term weather forecasting, improved warning of severe weather events, as well as specialized global and regional oceanographic and meteorological services.
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Planningfor the Global Ocean Observing System, It is essential for the United States to provide leadership internationally and to set firm directions nationally. Adequate financial support should be devoted to international planning and coordination by the United States and other nations participating in GOOS.
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Support should be continued for the full and orderly completion of ongoing research programs contributing to GOOS plans and implementation. GOOS data, in addition to providing the basis for products used by national and local governments and the private sector, will be used by researchers.
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