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Chapter 3 - Synergistic Opportunities
Pages 27-30

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... Although these three institutions have been combined administratively into the single Naval Research Laboratory, the physical separation of the NPL's work in oceanography, meteorology, and remote sensing remains largely intact. The challenge is to focus this work intellectually.
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From page 28...
... For example, the literature describes numerous approaches to including sea-state effects in specifying the aerodynamic drag coefficient, such as parametric MARL models, which require integral parameters of the sea state, and spectral MABE models, which require detailed descriptions of the directional wave field. Most of these models are constructed from limited data sets derived from buoy measurements.
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... severe weather, ice movement along the marginal ice edge, and the evolution of the mixed-layer and surface waves on a global scale affecting the Navy's daily operations across a broad spectrum. The suggested center would also provide a means to 29 explore the feasibility of assimilating a variety of remotely sensed data sets and perform endto-end tests of a combined mode]
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... The possibility of joint interagency activity directed to the advancement and use of remote sensing for boundary layer dynamics research should be seriously considered. Internal Meetings and Workshops One way to encourage atmospheric modelers, air-sea investigators, and others to couple their work more directly with remote sensing needs and capabilities of the kind required by the Navy would be to have periodic (annual or semiannual)
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