Overview

Ocean research offers countless benefits, from improving fisheries management to discovering new drugs to enabling early detection of tsunamis and hurricanes. At the request of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology (JSOST), the National Research Council convened a committee to review the draft and final versions of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy described in Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States: Research Priorities for the Next Decade, which represents the first coordinated national ocean research planning effort involving all federal agencies that support ocean science. The plan presents an ambitious vision for ocean research that will be of great benefit to the ocean sciences community and the nation. This book contains both sets of findings (i.e., the committee's review of the JSOST's draft plan [A Review of the Draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan: Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States] and the review of the final plan). This book recommends that JSOST employ a variety of outreach mechanisms to continue to engage nonfederal partners in ocean research planning efforts, such as establishing external committees to provide scientific and technical advice and to review progress on implementation of the research plan. Table of Contents Front Matter Part I: A Review of the Draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan: Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States, Executive Summary Summary 1 Introduction and Background 2 Development of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan 3 Assessment of the Overall Plan 4 Evaluating Thematic Priorities and Cross-Theme Integration 5 Interdisciplinary and Multi-Mission Ocean Research 6 Evaluation of Near-Term Priorities 7 Infrastructure and Intellectual Capital Part II: A Review of the Final Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy, Summary 1 Evolution of the Plan in Response to Community Input 2 Planning, Review, and Implementation References Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies Appendix B Acronyms

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Author:   National Research Council ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies ,  Ocean Studies Board ,  Committee to Review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology's Research Priorities Plan
Publisher:   National Academies Press
Imprint:   National Academies Press
ISBN:  

9780309110631

ISBN 10:   0309110637
Pages:   148
Publication Date:   25 October 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: A Review of the Draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan: Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States, Executive Summary; 3 Summary; 4 1 Introduction and Background; 5 2 Development of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan; 6 3 Assessment of the Overall Plan; 7 4 Evaluating Thematic Priorities and Cross-Theme Integration; 8 5 Interdisciplinary and Multi-Mission Ocean Research; 9 6 Evaluation of Near-Term Priorities; 10 7 Infrastructure and Intellectual Capital; 11 Part II: A Review of the Final Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy, Summary; 12 1 Evolution of the Plan in Response to Community Input; 13 2 Planning, Review, and Implementation; 14 References; 15 Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies; 16 Appendix B Acronyms

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