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Introduction
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... ; supporting expeditions new technologies and funding for academic research vessels. to Antarctica and the Arctic; observing and modeling water However, in the past few decades NSF has assumed a larger column properties to outmaneuver Soviet submarines during role both in the support of basic oceanographic research the Cold War; and assessing the abundance and dynamics of and in the provision of oceanographic facilities and support fish stocks to manage the nation's living marine resources.
From page 10...
... asked priorities and infrastructure, heard presentations from NSF the National Research Council's (NRC's) Ocean Studies leadership and staff, interviewed representatives of other Board to undertake a decadal survey of ocean sciences to ocean-related federal agencies, and listened to presentations provide guidance from the ocean sciences community on by scientists involved in infrastructure programs.
From page 11...
... This will be based on a brief survey of major ocean research programs funded by other federal agencies. The final report will recommend a strategy to optimize investments that will advance knowledge in the most critical and/or opportune areas of investigation while also continuing to support core disciplinary science and infrastructure.
From page 12...
... . In Chapter 4, the The committee's approach and recommendations are committee provides a path forward, addresses the current fisguided by this vision, and although the words are from the cal challenges facing OCE, recommends guidance for OCE's committee, the content and focus derive from those with budget decisions over the next decade, and discusses stratewhom the committee spoke, from the Virtual Town Hall, gies to ensure a dynamic and productive research enterprise from discussions at major ocean science conferences, and in the decades to come.


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