This issue was supported by the Division of Ocean Sciences of the U.S. National Science Foundation through award number OCE-0331812.



SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

Overview (80 KB)
H.L. Clark and A. Isern

Marine Geological and Geophysical Roots of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (128 KB)
K. Becker

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program, Ocean.US, and Real Movement Towards an Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System (132 KB)
D.L. Martin

The OOI and the IOOS—Can They Be Differentiated? An NSF Perspective (84 KB)
H.L. Clark, A. Isern

WOCE and TOGA—The Foundations of the Global Ocean Observing System (992 KB)
W.J. Gould

Observing the Ocean with Autonomous and Lagrangian Platforms and Sensors: The Role of ALPS in Sustained Ocean Observing Systems (424 KB)
M.J. Perry, D.L. Rudnick

Observing the Oceans from the COOL Room: Our History, Experience, and Opinions (504 KB)
S. Glenn, O. Schofield

Research Plans for a Mid-Depth Cabled Seafloor Observatory in Western Canada (336 KB)
V. Tunnicliffe, R. Dewey, D. Smith

NOAA's Ocean Observing Programs (156 KB)
D. Scavia, M.P. Sissenwine, H.L. Dantzler, M.J. McPhaden, P.F. Moersdorf

The Business Case for the Global Observing System (156 KB)
M. Altalo, P. Bogden, C. Colgan, H.L. Dantzler, M. Davidson, P. Mundy

EDUCATION VIGNETTES

Who Uses the COOL Classroom? Community College and Middle/High School Educators, That's Who (84 KB)
J. McDonnell

DataStreme Ocean: Providing Pre-college Teachers Study Opportunities in Oceanography Emphasizing Internet-Delivered Data (152 KB)
I.W. Geer

Connecting the NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries through Telepresence (104 KB)
M. Martin

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES

Ocean Eddies in the 1539 Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus (604 KB)
H.T. Rossby, P. Miller

Ice Keel Scour Marks on Mars: Evidence for Floating and Grounding Ice Floes in Kasei Valles (260 KB)
C. Woordworth-Lynas, J.Y. Guigné

BREAKING WAVES

Impact of Climate Variability on the Recovery of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales (140 KB)
C.H. Greene, A.J. Pershing, R.D. Kenney, J.W. Jossi

DEPARTMENTS

Quarterdeck (88 KB)

Presiden't Column (92 KB)

In the Oceanography Classroom (88 KB)
M. Tomczak

Book Reviews (80 KB)