Note: Front Cover -- OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY: THE CHALLENGE FOR EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Expression of gratitude -- EuroGOOS Conference -- PART 1: INTRODUCTIONS -- Chapter 1. The Netherlands and EuroGOOS -- Chapter 2. European dimensions of ocean and climate forecasting -- Chapter 3. The global aspects of megascience -- PART 2: POLICY -- Chapter 4. The EuroGOOS Strategy -- Chapter 5. Cost benefit analysis of TOGA and the ENSO observing system -- Chapter 6. The World Weather Watch: Is an ocean equivalent meaningful or realistic? -- Chapter 7. The challenge to observe the world ocean circulation and its variability -- Chapter 8. Regional GOOS for sustainable development and management -- Chapter 9. Costs and benefits of operational oceanography: the effects of scale and aggregation -- PART 3: POLICY - An example of a national approach -- Chapter 10. On the German approach to GOOS and EuroGOOS -- PART 4: TECHNOLOGY: Instruments/Monitoring Networks -- Chapter 11. SEAWATCH, Performance and future -- Chapter 12. SeaNet: European workshop on fixed monitoring networks in the North Sea region -- Chapter 13. A proposed new ship-of-opportunity towed vehicle and sensor suite designed for coastal, shelf and ocean basin survey -- Chapter 14. Development of METNET- An operational offshore meteorological and oceanographic data network -- Chapter 15. Long-term stable sensors for bio-optical measurements -- Chapter 16. EGOS - European Group on Ocean Stations. A continuously operating Data Buoy programme in the North Atlantic -- Chapter 17. Upper ocean measurements using the Autonomous Profiling Vehicle (APV) -- Chapter 18. REMSSBOT, Integrated environmental management through integrated environmental information sources. , Chapter 19. Seanet - Data Interface Group - Measuring network Flemish banks. Hydro-Meteo-System for the North Sea -- Chapter 20. Development of an acoustic method and prototype instrumentation for size and concentration measurement of suspended sediment -- PART 5: TECHNOLOGY: Remote Sensing -- Chapter 21. ESA's support of operational oceanography: current status and future plans -- Chapter 22. A review of the possible applications of satellite earth observation data within EuroGOOS -- Chapter 23. Wave modelling and operational forecasting at ECMWF -- Chapter 24. The bathymetry assessment system -- Chapter 25. ICEWATCH - Ice SAR monitoring of the Northern Sea Route -- Chapter 26. COASTWATCH: Using SAR imagery in an operational system for monitoring coastal currents, wind, surfactants and oil spills -- Chapter 27. Operational determination of satellite derived sea surface temperature and wind speed from NOAA AVHRR and ERS SAR images -- Chapter 28. Hydrographic laser fluorosensing: status and perspectives -- Chapter 29. Operational use of NOAA AVHRR imagery in the marine environment -- PART 6: ECONOMICS: Benefits/Costs -- Chapter 30. Estimates of the costs and benefits of operational oceanography at the single industry level -- Chapter 31. Implications of EUROGOOS on marine policy making in a small maritime economy -- Chapter 32. Cost/benefit analysis of GOOS - some methodological issues -- Chapter 33. Metocean data collection: short-term costs and long-term benefits? -- PART 7: ECONOMICS: Logistics/Structures -- Chapter 34. The economics of operational oceanographic services -- Chapter 35. System Architecture for GOOS: lessons learned from another sector -- Chapter 36. Issues in the operational provision of marine information -- PART 8: BALTIC -- Chapter 37. Towards a Baltic operational oceanographical system, 'BOOS'. , Chapter 38. Finnish operational oceanographical service -- Chapter 39. Oceanographic monitoring network in the Danish waters -- Chapter 40. Polish Oceanographic Service: present status and prerequisite to join EuroGOOS -- PART 9: ARCTIC -- Chapter 41. Operational climate monitoring program of the Arctic ice cover -- Chapter 42. Variability of Arctic Sea ice thickness- statistical significance and its relationship to heat flux -- Chapter 43. Coupled Ecosystems in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean -- PART 10: ATLANTIC -- Chapter 44. Global ocean data assimilation of temperature data: preliminary results -- Chapter 45. EMMA: A cost-efficient system for generating time series of in situ profiling measurements at fixed locations -- Chapter 46. Sampling strategies for oceanographic features -- Chapter 47. Strategic approach to real time data acquisition and dissemination on a global scale -- Chapter 48. Azores current system modelling and monitoring -- Chapter 49. Operational marine models at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute -- Chapter 50. A pilot ocean monitoring site at Azores islands -- PART 11: NORTH-WEST SHELF: Physical models -- Chapter 51. Towards dynamic coupling of open ocean and shelf sea models -- Chapter 52. Wave prediction and data assimilation at the North Sea -- Chapter 53. Data assimilation in the Continental Shelf Model -- Chapter 54. Coastal operational modelling within the EUREKA-EUROMAR Project OPMOD: -- Chapter 55. A new storm surge forecasting system -- PART 12: NORTH-WEST SHELF: Ecological models -- Chapter 56. The importance of high frequency data in ecological modelling -- Chapter 57. An integrated data-model system to support monitoring and assessment of marine systems -- Chapter 58. Data assimilation for coastal zone monitoring and forecasting -- Chapter 59. NOWESP: North-West European Shelf Programme. , Chapter 60. The Integrated North Sea Programme (INP) -- Chapter 61. Monitoring phytoplankton blooms continously with SEAWATCH technology -- PART 13: MEDITERRANEAN -- Chapter 62. The EuroGOOS Mediterranean Test Case: science and implementation plan -- Chapter 63. Scaling considerations and sampling strategies in monitoring aquatic ecohydrodynamics -- Chapter 64. The application of broad-band acoustic tomography to the monitoring of the shallow water environment: Validation and trends -- Chapter 65. Seasonal variability of the Levantine intermediate waters in the Western Mediterranean- Algerian/Provencal basin -- PART 14: REGIONAL GOOS -- Chapter 66. Development of North-East Asia Regional Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS) -- Chapter 67. A monitoring system for the Indian-Atlantic connection -- Chapter 68. Australian planning towards GOOS -- PART 15: GOOS Modules -- Chapter 69. Health of the Ocean-module: The HELCOM example -- Chapter 70. Why is EuroGOOS important for coastal managers? -- Chapter 71. Living marine resources-module: the provision of scientific advice on fisheries -- PART 16: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- Chapter 72. Lego for capacity building -- Chapter 73. Increasing the involvement of IOC member states in GOOS through capacity building: The Indonesian experience -- Chapter 74. Capacity building for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS): Development needs and requirements for Eastern Africa -- Chapter 75. Capacity building for GOOS: developments, needs and requirements for the Caribbean and adjacent regions -- Chapter 76. Coastal management: Global change...global observation? -- PART 17: DISCUSSIONS and CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 77. Next steps -- Chapter 78. Future technology requirements for operational oceanography -- Chapter 79. Operational Oceanography - a challenge and an opportunity for Europe -- Chapter 80. GOOS concepts. , Round Table Discussion -- Closure -- Author Index -- List of Participants -- List of Reviewers.

Note: Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- EuroGOOS Conference -- PART I: INTRODUCTIONS -- Chapter 1. The Second EuroGOOS Conference -- Introduction -- Chapter 2. The EuroGOOS Forward Look -- Chapter 3. EUROMAR- A new era -- PART II: EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICES -- Chapter 4. Valuing marine activities in Europe: provisional estimates, concepts and data sources -- Chapter 5. The EuroGOOS data requirements survey -- Chapter 6. Economic assessments of the value of marine industries and services and user requirements -- Chapter 7. The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) in 1998 -- PART III: OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY FOR SUSTAINABLE COASTAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 8. Real-time forecast modelling for the NW European Shelf Seas -- Chapter 9. Increasing resolution and forecast length with a parallel ocean model -- Chapter 10. Operational hydrodynamical model of the Danish waters. Danish National. Program for Monitoring the Water Environment -- Chapter 11. Spanish Ocean Observation System. IEO core project: Studies on time series of oceanographic data -- Chapter 12. Long-term surface observations from ships of opportunity in Norwegian waters -- Chapter 13. CORIOLIS-Atlantic, an in situ network for operational oceanography -- Chapter 14. Sea level measuring network in Finland -- Chapter 15. Ferry observations on temperature, salinity and currents in the Marsdiep tidal inlet between the North Sea and Wadden Sea -- Chapter 16. Operational forecasts during the construction of the Fixed Link across the Öresund -- Chapter 17. Storminess and environmentally sensitive Atlantic coastal areas of the European Union -- PART IV: EUROGOOS REGIONAL SEAS PROJECTS -- Chapter 18. Monitoring of the Arctic Ocean -- Chapter 19. Forecasting the Baltic -- Chapter 20. Mediterranean ocean forecasting system: First phase of implementation. , Chapter 21. Forecasting the Atlantic: Towards an Atlantic Pilot Experiment -- PART V: OPERATIONAL OCEAN FORECASTING FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION -- Chapter 22. Operational forecasting in the Aegean Sea: The POSEIDON system -- Chapter 23. Remote sensing data for the Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project -- Chapter 24. Operational system for marine prediction in the Mediterranean: Description and products -- Chapter 25. Diagnostic simulations of the seasonal circulation in the Sicily Channel -- PART VI: NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER -- Chapter 26. A newly designed deep sea YOYO-profiler for long term moored deployment -- Chapter 27. Coastal environment of the Seine Bay area monitored by a new French system of automated measurement stations -- Chapter 28. The potential of HF radar for coastal and shelf sea monitoring -- Chapter 29. Design and use of advanced technology devices for sea water monitoring -- Chapter 30. The use of "CARAVELA 2000 R" vehicles in operational oceanography -- Chapter 31. A new concept for rapid assessment of oceanic environment -- Chapter 32. A bi-directional data link into the deep sea- The DOMEST project -- Chapter 33. GEOSTAR - GEophysical and Oceanographic Station for Abyssal Research -- Chapter 34. Ferries in operational oceanography - The German Ferry Box project -- Chapter 35. Mobile lidar fluorosensor equipment for continuous seawaters monitoring and in situ photosynthetic measurements: The ENEA realisation -- Chapter 36. Experimentation of an innovative Lagrangian coastal drifter -- PART VII: GLOBAL MONITORING AND MODELLING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION -- Chapter 37. Real-time ocean forecast modelling for the Global Ocean and the Atlantic -- Chapter 38. Meeting the Challenge: Real-time sea-state forecast modelling for the Atlantic at The Met Office. , Chapter 39. European co-ordination in meteorology -- Chapter 40. Acoustic Monitoring of Ocean Climate in the Arctic (AMOC) -- Chapter 41. Initial concepts for IAS-GOOS -- PART VIII: REMOTE SENSING IN OPERATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS -- Chapter 42. The DUACS project: towards operational use of altimeter data in coupled ocean- atmosphere models for climate studies and forecasts -- Chapter 43. Absolute calibration of the EnviSat-1 radar altimeter- a new generation dual frequency altimeter -- Chapter 44. Multi-sensor satellite monitoring of ocean climate -- Chapter 45. Near real time processing and validation of T/P and ERS-2 altimeter data (DUACS project) -- Chapter 46. Satellite data use in Finnish winter navigation -- Chapter 47. Complex ERS-2 SAR wave mode -- Chapter 48. SAR wind measurements during the FETCH experiment -- Chapter 49. COASTWATCH: Integrating satellite SAR imagery in an operational system for monitoring coastal currents, wind, surfactants and oil spills -- PART IX: DATA ASSIMILATION AND ADVANCED MODELS, GLOBAL AND COASTAL -- Chapter 50. Assimilating satellite altimeter data in operational sea level and storm surge forecasting -- Chapter 51. The use of SeaWiFS for operational monitoring of water quality in the North Sea -- Chapter 52. Evolutionary computation for climate and ocean forecasting: "El Niño forecasting -- PART X: ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM AND WATER QUALITY MODELLING -- Chapter 53. Simulating the spring phytoplankton bloom in the Humber Plume (UK) with a variable phytoplankton carbon: chlorophyll-a model -- Chapter 54. Satellite observation and model prediction of toxic algae bloom -- Chapter 55. Microbial parameters for advanced ecosystem models -- Chapter 56. New operative methods to study pelagic ecosystems -- Author-Index -- List of participants -- List of reviewers.

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