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2004, Oceanography 17(4):176–185, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.14
UNOLS Establishes SCOAR to Promote Research Aircraft Facilities for U.S. Ocean Sciences
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Authors
John M. Bane | Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Robert Bluth | Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
Charles Flagg | Marine Science Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA
Carl A. Friehe | Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, USA
Haflidi Jonsson | Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely Piloted Aircraft Studies, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA
W. Kendall Melville | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Mike Prince | University National Oceanographic Laboratory System, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, USA
Daniel Riemer | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Florida, USA
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The ocean sciences community is currently engaged in the process of defining new facilities that will support oceanographic research, education, and monitoring efforts for the next several decades. New research vessels, drilling ships, coastal and deep-ocean observing systems, satellites, and submersibles will be designed to increase ocean access in terms of geographical coverage, depth, temporal continuity, and resolution of events. Aircraft may be largely overlooked facilities that are capable of providing observations and data in ways that satisfy many research goals, and they should be considered an important component in the future mix of oceanographic facilities.
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Citation
Bane, J.M., R. Bluth, C. Flagg, C.A. Friehe, H. Jonsson, W.K. Melville, M. Prince, and D. Riemer. 2004. UNOLS establishes SCOAR to promote research aircraft facilities for U.S. ocean sciences. Oceanography 17(4):176–185, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2004.14.