The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 NOAA's Present and Proposed Coastal Ocean Buoy and C-MAN Network; 5 3 Applications of Buoy/C-MAN Data Network; 6 4 Importance of Buoy/C-MAN Observations to Research and Operational Services; 7 5 Proposed Core Network and Recommendations; 8 6 Concluding Perspective; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: List of Contributors; 11 Appendix B: Letter from the Climate Research Committee to the Department of State; 12 Appendix C: Letter from the U.S. Coast Guard; 13 Appendix D: Letter from BOAT/U.S; 14 Appendix E: Findings from NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Reports; 15 Appendix F: Sample Weekly Status Report, National Data Buoy Center; 16 Appendix G: Data Buoy Impacts on Warning and Forecast Operations; 17 Figure 15; 18 Figure 16