U.S. Global Ocean Science Program: A Strategy for Understanding the Role of the Ocean in Global Change. A Report to the Ocean Principals

摘要

This report represents the first stage of a coordinated, federal agency, strategic planning effort. The planning began in November 1985 in recognition of the urgency of describing and understanding the central role of the ocean in global change and the multiple effects of the ocean on our society. It presents the rationale for the U.S. Global Ocean Science Program, identifies the necessary components of science and technology, lays out the required actions for the short term, provides for continuing coordination, and estimates the level of effort, over a 7-year period centered upon FY 1989, required for the Program's success. The report, which will be updated annually, provides an interagency strategic planning mechanism that allows individual agencies to present a coordinated program structure for FY 1989.