GLOBEC Synthesis from a Program Manager’s Perspective

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Synthesis

Why is synthesis so hard?

Synthesis (cont)

The PART Process

PART Questions

GLOBEC Legacy
 National SSC Meeting, 5/04

New US GLOBEC Committees
National SSC Meeting, 5/04

Overall GLOBEC Goals

The GLOBEC Challenge

GLOBEC NWA Hypotheses
(GLOBEC Report #6, pp 2-3)

“But we didn’t get the resources to accomplish everything we had outlined in the Implementation Plan”

“But we didn’t get the shiptime to accomplish everything we had outlined in the Implementation Plan”

Vastly increase our understanding

Important Events

Can you ask better questions at the end than you could at the beginning?

Set up for pan-regional synthesis

NOAA Deliverables

Presentation materials

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