Historical Review of Monitoring in Southern California for the National Research Council
Author: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 162
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Author: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 162
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1990-02-01
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0309043271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 444
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Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-11-04
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0309166802
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches. Is it fitting that, on the 200th anniversary of that expedition, the United States, together with international partners, should embark on another journey of exploration in a vastly more extensive region of remarkable potential for discovery. Although the oceans cover more than 70 percent of our planet's surface, much of the ocean has been investigated in only a cursory sense, and many areas have not been investigated at all. Exploration of the Seas assesses the feasibility and potential value of implementing a major, coordinated, international program of ocean exploration and discovery. The study committee surveys national and international ocean programs and strategies for cooperation between governments, institutions, and ocean scientists and explorers, identifying strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in these activities. Based primarily on existing documents, the committee summarizes priority areas for ocean research and exploration and examines existing plans for advancing ocean exploration and knowledge.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1995-05-27
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 0309050820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the last few decades of the 20th century, the development of an array of technologies has made it possible to observe the Earth, collect large quantities of data related to components and processes of the Earth system, and store, analyze, and retrieve these data at will. Over the past ten years, in particular, the observational, computational, and communications technologies have enabled the scientific community to undertake a broad range of interdisciplinary environmental research and assessment programs. Sound practice in database management are required to deal with the problems of complexity in such programs and a great deal of attention and resources has been devoted to this area in recent years. However, little guidance has been provided on overcoming the barriers frequently encountered in the interfacing of disparate data sets. This book attempts to remedy that problem by providing analytical and functional guidelines to help researchers and technicians to better plan and implement their supporting data management activities.
Author: Alessandra Conversi
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 268
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian D. Melzian
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-14
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9401702993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs the coastal human population increases in the United States, there will likely be increasing environmental and socioeconomic pressures on our coastal and estuarine environments. Monitoring the condition of all our nation's coastal and estuarine ecosystems over the long term is more than any one program can accomplish on its own. Therefore, it is crucial that monitoring programs at all levels (local, state, and federal) cooperate in the collection, sharing, and use of environmental data. This volume is the proceedings of the Coastal Monitoring Through Partnerships symposium that was held in Pensacola, Florida in April of 2001, and was organized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), and the Council of State Governments (CSG). It contains papers that describe various multi-disciplinary coastal and estuarine environmental monitoring programs, designed and implemented by using regional and national partnerships with federal and state agencies, academia, Native American tribes, and nongovernmental organizations. In addition, it includes papers on modeling and data management; monitoring and assessment of benthic communities; development of biological indicators and interlaboratory sediment comparisons; microbiological modeling and indicators; and monitoring and assessment of phytoplankton and submerged aquatic vegetation. There are many components involved in determining the overall impacts of anthropogenic stressors on coastal and estuarine waters. It will take strong partnerships like those described in this volume to ensure that we have healthy and sustainable coastal and estuarine environments, now and in the future.
Author: Charles G. Gunnerson
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 452
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