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Coastal Ocean Observing Systems provides state-of-the-art scientific and technological knowledge in coastal ocean observing systems, along with guidance on establishing, restructuring, and improving similar systems. The book is intended to help oceanographers understand, identify, and recognize how oceanographic research feeds into the various designs of ocean observing systems. In addition, readers will learn how ocean observing systems are defined and how each system operates in relation to its geographical, environmental, and political region. The book provides further insights into all of these problem areas, offering lessons learned and results from the types of research sponsored and utilized by ocean observing systems and the types of research design and experiments conducted by professionals specializing in ocean research and affiliated with observing systems.

"Front Cover"; "Coastal Ocean Observing Systems"; "Copyright"; "Contents"; "Contributors"; "Preface"; "Acknowledgment"; "Chapter 1 -- Introduction to Coastal Ocean Observing Systems"; "1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT"; "3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT"; "4. SOCIETAL BENEFITS"; "5. CONCLUDING REMARKS"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 2 -- National Ocean Observing Systems in a Global Context"; "1. WHY DO WE NEED OCEAN OBSERVING?"; "2. ANSWERING THE CALL�a�"NATIONAL AND GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING INFRASTRUCTURES"; "3. OCEAN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES"

"4. ACCESS TO THE DATA""5. MODELING AND ANALYSIS"; "6. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH"; "7. SUMMARY"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 3 -- The Importance of Federal and Regional Partnerships in Coastal Observing"; "1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. WHY A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVING?"; "3. THE IOOS APPROACH"; "4. BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH DATA ACCESSIBILITY"; "5. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS"; "6. CASE STUDIES"; "7. CONCLUSION"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 4 -- Basic Tenets for Coastal Ocean Ecosystems Monitoring"; "1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. THE TENETS"; "3. RECENT APPLICATION EXAMPLES"

"4. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN""5. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 5 -- The Monitoring of Harmful Algal Blooms through Ocean Observing: The Development of the California Harmful Algal ..."; "1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND"; "2. THE CALHABMAP NETWORK"; "3. DEVELOPMENT OF AN HAB FORECASTING CAPABILITY"; "4. TOXIN AND SPECIES METHODS INTERCOMPARISON"; "5. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS"; "6. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 6 -- Sustained Ocean Observing along the Coast of Southeastern Australia: NSW-IMOS 2007�a�"2014"; "1. INTRODUCTION"

"2. NSW-IMOS IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT""3. THE NSW-IMOS INFRASTRUCTURE�a�"DESIGN OF THE ARRAY"; "4. ASSESSING THE DESIGN OF THE SHELF MOORING ARRAY"; "5. SHORTCOMINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE"; "6. CONCLUSIONS"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 7 -- Projeto Azul: Operational Oceanography in an Active Oil and Gas Area Southeastern Brazil"; "1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. SANTOS BASIN OCEAN DYNAMICS"; "3. OBSERVATIONS AND DATABASE"; "4. RESULTS"; "5. HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION"; "6. FINAL REMARKS AND FUTURE STEPS"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"

"Chapter 8 -- Zooplankton Data from High-Frequency Coastal Transects: Enriching the Contributions of Ocean Observing Systems ...""1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. HIGH-FREQUENCY COASTAL TRANSECTS"; "3. WHAT CAN ZOOPLANKTON DATA TELL US ABOUT THE NCC?"; "4. ZOOPLANKTON-BASED ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS"; "5. DISCUSSION"; "Acknowledgments"; "REFERENCES"; "Chapter 9 -- The IMOS Ocean Radar Facility, ACORN"; "1. INTRODUCTION"; "2. ACORN"; "3. CURRENT MEASUREMENTS, ACCURACY, AND APPLICATIONS"; "4. WAVE AND WIND MEASUREMENTS, ACCURACY, AND APPLICATIONS"; "5. PROSPECTS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT"; "Acknowledgments"