Opportunities to Improve Marine Forecasting

Examines the opportunities to improve ocean forecasting systems made possible by observational techniques and high-speed computers. Significant benefits from these potential improvements are possible for transportation, ocean energy and resources development, fisheries and recreation, and coastal management.

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Commerce and the general public—especially those living in increasingly crowded, highly developed low-lying coastal communities—rely heavily on accurate forecasts of marine conditions and weather over the oceans to ensure the safe and productive use of the sea and coastal zone. This book examines the opportunities to improve our ocean forecasting systems made possible by new observational techniques and high-speed computers. Significant benefits from these potential improvements are possible for transportation, ocean energy and resources development, fisheries and recreation, and coastal management.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
1. The Marine Observing and Forecasting System
2. Users of Marine Forecasts
3. Findings and Recommendations
Appendix A - Biographies of Committee Members
Appendix B - Questionnaire and Responses
Appendix C - Workshop Participants
Appendix D - Workshop Agenda
Appendix E - Working Group 1: Wind, Wave, and Swell
Appendix F - Working Group 2: Tropical and Extratropical Storms
Appendix G - Working Group 3: Currents, Ocean Processes, and Ice
Appendix H - Working Group 4: Nearshore Forecasting