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INDEX 



Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global 

 Experiment (RIDGE), 78, 93, 

 100, 137 



Ridges, 69, 75, 78, 79, 81-84 



Rivers and streams, 66-67, 69, 75, 

 76, 100-101 



Rotators, 31, 32 



Salinity, 54, 60, 71-72 

 see also Thermohaline 



circulation 

 Satellites, 5, 40-42, 44, 60, 62-63, 



103, 150-153 

 Science Advisory Board, EPA, 37 

 Science: The Endless Frontier, 18 

 Scripps Institution of 



Oceanography, 34, 37, 43, 134, 



141, 142 

 Sea Cliff, 149 

 Sea level, 81, 91-92, 101 

 Seafloor, see Crustal plates and 



movement; Hydrothermal 



processes and vents,- 



Sediments 

 Seafloor observatories, 93 

 Seasat, 40 

 Sea-viewing Wide Field Sensor, 



152 

 Sediments, 71, 72, 111, 114 

 and crustal processes, 67, 77-78, 



79, 89-92 

 paleoceanic record, 65-67 

 particle transport, 76-77, 119- 



120 

 Seismic studies, 45, 78, 81, 83, 93 

 Sensor systems, 61-62, 63-64, 105, 



107-108 

 Ships, 28, 29, 143-149 

 federal use and support, 36, 39, 



143-144, 146 

 Navy support, 19-20, 32, 33-34, 



140 

 UNOLS fleet, 26, 39, 45, 143- 



146, 149 



201 



volunteer observing, 61-62 

 Short-terra scientific officers, see 



Rotators 

 Simulations, see Computer 



simulations; Models and 



modeling 

 Sinks, 71-72 

 Small-scale mixing processes, 56- 



57 

 Societal issues, 2-4, 14-17, 48-49 

 Solar radiation, 43, 59 

 Sophistication factor, 7, 170 

 Sound, see Acoustic techniques 

 Southern Ocean, 59 

 Space-based observation system.s, 



36, 39-42, 44, 62-63, 103, 



150-153 

 State government, 34-35, 125, 144 

 Stommel, Henry, 51 

 Storms, 16 

 Subduction, see Crustal plates and 



movement 

 Submersibles, 149 ' 



Subtropical gyres, 70 

 Synthetic aperture radar, 62 



Tactical oceanography, 34 

 Teaching faculty, 123-129 passim 

 Technological developments, 1-2, 

 7, 20, 49-50, 170 

 biological studies, 103-106 

 data management, 36-37 

 see also Instrumentation; 

 Models and modeling; Space- 

 based observation systems 

 Tectonic plates, see Crustal plates 

 Telemetry, 62-63 

 Temperature, 73, 152 

 see also Global climate change; 

 Heat flux; Hydrothermal 

 processes and ventS; 

 Thermohaline circulation 

 Thermohaline circulation, 58-59, 

 60, 111 



