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1 INTRODUCTION
1 INTRODUCTION
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as cosponsors of GOOS. Formation of GOOS also was urged in 1990 by the Second World Climate Conference to provide ocean data needed as part of the Global Climate Observing System, the establishment of which was begun in 1992.
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Part of that GOOS structure will need to address mechanisms to ensure that adequate numbers of trained observers are available and develop the ability of various nations to contribute data of uniform quality. It has been agreed by the IOC that the observations which GOOS is designed to make should have certain characteristics.
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. Implementation of GOOS is proceeding using a phased approach, as is implementation for the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services. The scope and intent of each of the five modules described in the following subsections have been considered by the various GOOS bodies (IOC, 1996a)
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The Climate Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction module (commonly referred to simply as the climate module) will seek to reduce the uncertainty that now exists with regard to the ocean's role in climate variability.
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GOOS will improve the continuity and quality of data sets, allow access to related information, and provide products benefiting the sustainable use of marine living resources. The LMR module will provide both specification and a framework for an adequate package of observations and analysis to understand and forecast major changes in the abundance and/or production of critical living marine resources over time scales of years to decades arising from changes in the carrying capacity and/or health of the ocean.
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Extensive marine meteorological and oceanographic operational services are already available worldwide, in support of a large variety of user groups and applications, ranging from the safety of life and property at sea to major economic and commercial interests, such as offshore mining and industry, ship routing, fisheries, recreation, and tourism. These services are provided by both operational national agencies (e.g., national meteorological and/or oceanographic services)
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, ~bicb ~ the site of the U.S. GODS Interagency Project Ounce (O.S.
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GOOS Interagency Project Office produces a compendium of activities contributing to a U.S. GOOS by its membership (e.g., NOAA, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of the Navy, U.S.
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IWG 1993, U.S. GOOS Interagency Project Office 1995, 1996~.
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and the GOOS into nationally funded activities within a common framework (U.S. GOOS Interagency Project Office, 1996~.
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INTRODUCTION 19 an expanded discussion of the users and benefits of GOOS (Chapter 4) , that this report will help provide impetus to the implementation of those and other recommendations.
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