Topic: Marine Environmental Forecasting
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Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world, but growth of coastal populations and increasing demands on marine resources are putting the future of ocean and coastal resources at risk through impacts, such as overfishing, wetland drainage, climate change, and pollution of coastal waters. Given these demands, it is vital to build capacity--the people, the institutions, and th...
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As the importance of the ocean to society grows, so does the need to understand ocean variability on many temporal and spatial scales. This need to understand ocean change at a variety of time scales is compelling scientists to move beyond traditional expeditionary modes of investigation. Observations enable the study of processes in the ocean basins over varying temporal and spatial scales, providing the scientific basis for addressin...
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Accurate and timely environmental information can provide a tactical advantage to U.S. naval forces during warfare. During the last three centuries, the U.S. Navy has placed an emphasis on understanding and characterizing their surroundings. In recent decades, the development and implementation of multifaceted weapons systems have driven the need for accurate environmental information. This report analyzes the current environmental informatio...
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The nation's water resources infrastructure features thousands of dams, an extensive levee system, and many harbors that can accommodate large ocean-going vessels. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planned, designed, and constructed much of this infrastructure, and now maintains it. Today, Corps feasibility studies are generally more comprehensive and multifaceted than in the past, and they are often conducted in a politically charge...
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The mission of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is to manage U.S. marine fisheries so they can serve the nation now and benefit future generations. As NMFS manages marine fisheries, it operates under a complex set of laws. Based in part on its concerns over the dramatic increase in recent lawsuits against NMFS, Congress requested in 2001 that the National Academies provide "a summary review of the adequacy of the data...
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