Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Kauai Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Project and its associated Marine Mammal Research Program: Vol 2

Abstract

Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate (ATOC) is proposed as a proof-of-concept study funded by the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). The primary purpose of ATOC is to make a contribution toward meaningful climate predictions. All viable climate models show that the ocean plays a profound role in climate change. The ocean provides much of the memory which defines climate. No climate forecast, with all its consequences, will have any skill greater than that imbedded in the oceanic component. One will not get the atmosphere right unless one gets the ocean right.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA350919

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Cells
  • Climate Change
  • Databases
  • Fish
  • Geography
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Habitats
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Oceanography
  • Odontocetes
  • Ridges
  • Surveys
  • Topography
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design