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2. Users of Marine Forecasts
2. Users of Marine Forecasts
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While it obviously was not possible to sample the views of all users of marine weather and ocean weather information, the committee believes that a broadly based representative sample has been taken and the major issues have been identified. The early steps in the year-long process of identifying user needs were highly conditioned to well-known needs and traditional services.
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The questionnaire and statistical compilations of the responses are shown in Appendix B Approximately 100 responses were received, showing that 90 percent of commercial users of the ocean and coastal waters utilize marine weather forecasts.
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Overall utilization of marine forecasting services was high, about 90 percent of the respondents use them. The three major sources of marine forecasts identified were U.S.
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Some tankship and bunk carrier operators would find ice forecasts useful, and coastal tug and barge operators would find telephone access useful. Oil and Gas The responses are dominated by offshore oil operators.
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On the West Coast, atmospheric stability and air pollutant concentration forecasts would be useful; offshore Alaska, ice thickness and growth forecasts and storm development offshore Siberia would be useful (when drilling operations are under way)
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The summarized data focused on the five highest priority forecasted parameters for each of the several groups for which responses could be tabulated. Weighing the priorities according to the number of responses in the top five categories, the following rank order of importance to the forecast user is shown in Able 2-2.
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Question 6: Can You Describe and Quantify Losses that Have Occurred in Your Segment of the Marine Industry as a Result of Inadequate Marine Forecasts? These questions were designed to determine whether or not there is a basis to quantify benefits that would accrue as a result of improved marine forecasts, and to quantify losses that have occurred as a result of inadequate marine forecasts.
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Coast Guard Total 3 4 12 1 4 5 2 45 · stimulate dialogue among all who are involved with the process of developing, providing, and using marine observations and forecasts. The national meeting was attended by 45 invited guests in addition to the committee members.
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The dialogue between the providers and users of marine observations and forecasts was especially valuable and is well documented in the group reports. Some of the workshop results appear to be in conflict with or introduce topics that were not evident from the questionnaire responses.
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The major sources of marine forecasts identified in the questionnaire were reviewed and discussed in Working Groups 1 and 2. The method of receiving weather and ocean conditions forecasts was extensively discussed by Working Group 5, where several points were made regarding potential for improvements in the dissemination of weather products to the marine user.
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However, the workshop process did identify a broad range of benefits that would be achieved by improvements in the quality and method of delivery of marine weather forecasts, as well as the introduction of new forecast products and services such as those related to ocean forecasting. These benefits are summarized in the last section of this chapter, "Expected Benefits of Forecasting Improvements." ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE The contribution of the ocean business sector to the U.S.
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Rearranging their data yields Table 2-4, which is approximately aligned according to the user community categories defined previously in this chapter. Shipping includes marine transportation, marine cargo handling and related services, and ship and boat building.
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economy of the coastal zone indicated in the economic data is consistent with the user community emphasis of this report. Of course, these activities depend in one way or another on dependable marine observations and forecasting of weather conditions over the ocean.
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