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Preface 



Al the request of RADM Paul G Gaffney. Commander, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM). 

 an assessment was conducted o( the potential scientific utility of the capabilities and classified data holdings of NAVMETOCCOM. 

 The present report describes the results of that assessment as those data and capabilities were observed during the spring of 1 995. 



The study was perfomied by a subset of MEDEA scientists representing a broad spectrum of ocean science disciplines. The 

 scientific judgments and conclusions reflected in this report are those of the following individuals: 



Dr. Mark R. Abbott 

 Dr. Ralph N. Baker 

 Dr. Otis B. Brown. Chair 

 Dr. Warren W. Denner 

 Dr. Walter H. Munk 

 Dr. John A. Orcuti 

 Mr. Albert E. Pressman 

 Dr. Robert \. Shuchman 

 Dr. Norbert Untersteiner 

 Dr. John F. Vesecky 

 Dr. Wiltbrd F. Weeks 



Oregon State University 



Amoco Production Company 



University of Miami 



EOS Research Associates 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



Naval Research Laboratory 



Environmental Research Institute of Michigan 



University of Washington 



University of Michigan 



University of Alaska 



The coordinator of the study and editor of this volume was Dr. Kenneth E. Hawker, Jr., The MITRE Corporation. 



