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governments to maintain a suite of buoys in the high 

 Arctic which relay environr.ental information. NOAA, 

 Navy and Air Force share responsibility, using their 

 respective Centers of Expertise, for analysis of ocean 

 and weather data sensed from space (the Navy operates 

 Centers of Expertise in Multi-channel Sea Surface 

 Temperature analysis. Special Sensor Microwave Imagery 

 of the ocean surface, and satellite altimetry data 

 fusion) . Academia, American commerce and other 

 Government agencies all benefit from such cooperation. 

 These are just a few examples. 



Next, The Navy has unclassified and classified 

 data holdings that are among the world's most 

 extensive. It is of the highest quality and it is 

 managed in a technically up-to-date manner -- easily 

 reached and inter-related. These data sets have been 

 judged to have utility in civil ocean research. The 

 Navy has committed to quick , but deliberate , review* of 

 these data for potential declassification and release. 

 When full declassification is not possible, I will work 

 with cleared members of the scientific community over 



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