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Table of Contents 



LIST OF FIGURES x 



LIST OF TABLES xi 



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY xiii 



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SCIENTIFIC UTIUn OF SPECIFIC DA TA 7 



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III IMPROVING CAPABIUTIES IN OCEAN SCIENCE 43 



A. Oven'iew 43 



B. Global Fiducial Data 43 



C. Access to Data; 



'• Integrated Database Management System 46 



D. Bridge Building Opportunicies in Ocean Science 49 



GLOSSAKY 51 



