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... The Academies convened the Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet to examine a number of factors including the impacts of advanced technologies such as autonomous vehicles and ocean observing systems on data collection; the most important factors in research vessel design; the impacts of evolving modeling and remote sensing approaches on research operations; the impact of rising costs of research vessel operations on the ability to conduct oceanographic research in the future; and the usefulness of partnering mechanisms, such as UNOLS, to support national oceanographic research objectives.
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... Technological developments in autonomous mobile platforms, fixed observatories, sensors, remote sensing, and modeling will continue to increase scientific understanding of the ocean environment but will not obviate the need for research vessels. The fleet of the future will be required to support increasingly complex, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator research projects, including those in support of autonomous technologies, ocean observing systems, process studies, remote sensing, and modeling.
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... Vessel Design Future oceanographic vessels will continue to support widely diverse research objectives, with increased pressure to facilitate multidisciplinary, multi-investigator research. Supporting future research needs will require both highly adaptable general purpose ships and specialized vessels.
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... Partnerships The UNOLS partnership between federal agencies, academic institutions, and state and private interests successfully serves national oceanographic research objectives and is anticipated to continue in the face of changing science priorities and technological advances. The UNOLS consortium management structure is sound and is of benefit to research institutions, federal agencies, and state and private interests.
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... Coast Guard and supported by NSF's Office of Polar Programs with the UNOLS management structure, and to fulfill some part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA's) identified needs for significantly more ship time by utilizing UNOLS unfunded ship days.
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