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ILLUMINATING EARTH'S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE:
The International Ocean Discovery Program
Science Plan for 2013–2023

VIEW REPORT: 12.2 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.iodp.org

COMPLETED: June 2011

SCALING STUDIES IN ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE AND POLICY SUPPORT: A CALL-TO-RESEARCH

VIEW REPORT: 2.9 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.arctic.gov

COMPLETED: July 2010

SCICEX PHASE II SCIENCE PLAN—
Part 1: Technical Guidance for Planning Science Accommodation Missions

VIEW REPORT: 4.7 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.scicex.org

COMPLETED: July 2010

UNDERSTANDING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE PLANET: THE MATERIALS SCIENCE OF EARTH PROCESSES
Long-Range Planning for High-Pressure Geosciences Workshop

MORE INFO AND REPORT: www.compres.us

COMPLETED: May 2010

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT:
AN EARTHSCOPE SCIENCE PLAN FOR 2010–2020

VIEW REPORT: 17.7 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.earthscope.org

COMPLETED: March 2010

RAPID RESPONSE DRILLING:
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

VIEW REPORT: 1.7 MB pdf

COMPLETED: June 2009

MEETING PROJECTED COAL PRODUCTION DEMANDS
IN THE USA: UPSTREAM ISSUES, CHALLENGES,
AND STRATEGIES

VIEW REPORT: 6.9 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.energy.vt.edu

COMPLETED: January 2009

SEISMOLOGICAL GRAND CHALLENGES IN UNDERSTANDING EARTH'S DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
Long-Range Science Plan for Seismology Workshop

VIEW REPORT: 8.6 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.iris.edu/hq/lrsps

COMPLETED: January 2009

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICANS IN WARTIME: CITIZENS SERVING THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

VIEW REPORT: 5.1 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.americansatwar.org

COMPLETED: February 2008

FEDERAL OCEANOGRAPHIC FLEET STATUS REPORT

VIEW REPORT: 3.7 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.nopp.org

COMPLETED: January 2008

WATERS NETWORK CONCEPTUAL DESIGN REPORT

EDITING BY GEO PROSE
MORE INFO: www.watersnet.org

COMPLETED: January 2008

BUILDING A GLOBAL DATA NETWORK FOR
STUDIES OF EARTH PROCESSES AT THE WORLD'S
PLATE BOUNDARIES
Report of the International Data Exchange Workshop

VIEW REPORT: 2.8 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.nsf-margins.org/Datawksp07

COMPLETED: September 2007

OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INTITIATIVE (OOI)
SCIENCE OBJECTIVES AND
NETWORK DESIGN PROPOSAL

PROPOSAL MANAGEMENT AND EDITING BY GEO PROSE

MORE INFO: www.oceanleadership.org/ocean_observing

COMPLETED: September 2007

INTERAGENCY OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH
RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

EDITING BY GEO PROSE

MORE INFO: ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_iwgs.html

COMPLETED: June 2007

CHARTING THE COURSE FOR OCEAN SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NEXT DECADE
An Ocean Research Priorities Pland and Implementation Strategy

VIEW PLAN: 3.9 MB pdf
MORE INFO: ocean.ceq.gov/about/sup_jsost_prioritiesplan.html

COMPLETED: February 2007

MPOWIR: MENTORING PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY WOMEN TO INCREASE RETENTION
Workshop Report

VIEW REPORT: 1.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.mpowir.org

COMPLETED: June 2006

SEATOS 2005 CRUISE REPORT
Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Offshore Survey (SEATOS)

VIEW REPORT: 8.6 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.oce.uri.edu/seatos

COMPLETED: March 2006

ESTABLISHING A PETASCALE COLLABORATORY
FOR THE GEOSCIENCES
Technical and Budgetary Prospectus

VIEW PROSPECTUS: 1.8 MB pdf

COMPLETED: October 2005

PROSPECTS FOR LOW-FREQUENCY SEISMOMETRY
A Report of the IRIS Broadband Seismometer Workshop

VIEW REPORT: 1.4 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.iris.edu

COMPLETED: September 2005

CUAHSI TECHNICAL REPORTS

VIEW REPORTS

#1: A Vision for Hydrologic Science Research (212 KB pdf)

#2: CUAHSI Hydrologic Information Systems (616 KB pdf)

#3: Facilities for Transforming Hydrologic Science (440 KB pdf)

#4: Hydrologic Observatory Network (544 KB pdf)

#5: A National Center for Hydrologic Synthesis (272 KB pdf)

#7: Designing Hydrologic Observatories as a Community Service (648 KB pdf)

#8: The CUAHSI Hydrological Measurement Facility Community Survey 2005 (500 KB pdf)

MORE INFO: www.cuahsi.org

COMPLETED: August 2005–June 2006

ESTABLISHING A PETASCALE COLLABORATORY
FOR THE GEOSCIENCES
Scientific Frontiers

VIEW REPORT: 6 MB pdf

COMPLETED: July 2005

LARA: SCIENTIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MULTIDISCLIPLINARY LONG-RANGE AIRCRAFT FOR ANTARCTIC RESEARCH

VIEW REPORT: 2.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/lara

COMPLETED: July 2005

OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE SCIENCE PLAN: REVEALING THE SECRETS OF OUR OCEAN PLANET

VIEW REPORT: 4.4 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.oceanleadership.org/ocean_observing

COMPLETED: May 2005

DATA MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN
FOR RESEARCH AND OPERATIONAL INTEGRATED
OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS
I. Interoperable Data Discovery, Access, and Archive

VIEW PLAN: 4.8 MB pdf
MORE INFO: dmac.ocean.us

REVISED: March 2005

HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMPUTATIONAL SOLID EARTH SCIENCES

VIEW REPORT: 4.8 MB pdf

COMPLETED: January 2005

ORION: OCEAN RESEARCH INTERACTIVE
OBSERVATORY NETWORKS
A Report of the Workshop Held January 4-8, 2004,
San Juan, Puerto Rico

VIEW REPORT: 11.6 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.oceanleadership.org/ocean_observing

COMPLETED: January 2005

TRENDS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE OCEAN SCIENCES

VIEW REPORT: 1.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.geo-prose.com/oceans_iti_trends

COMPLETED: November 2004

CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
IN HIGH-PRESSURE MINERAL PHYSICS

VIEW REPORT: 2.2 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.compres.us

COMPLETED: August 2004

SURFACE CURRENT MAPPING IN U.S. COASTAL WATERS: IMPLEMENTATION OF A NATIONAL SYSTEM
Ocean.US Report No. 7

VIEW REPORT: 6.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.ocean.us

COMPLETED: July 2004

RECONN: REGIONAL CABLED OBSERVATORY
NETWORK (OF NETWORKS)
Report of the Cabled Regional Observatory Workshop

VIEW REPORT: 1.1 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.geo-prose.com/cabled_wksp

COMPLETED: March 2004

ALPS: AUTONOMOUS AND LAGRANGIAN PLATFORMS AND SENSORS
A Report of the Workshop Held March 31–April 2, 2003
in La Jolla, California

VIEW REPORT: 16.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.geo-prose.com/ALPS

COMPLETED: December 2003

SCOTS: SCIENTIFIC CABLED OBSERVATORIES
FOR TIME SERIES

VIEW REPORT: 1.7 MB pdf

COMPLETED: June 2003

EARTHLAB: A SUBTERRANEAN LABORATORY AND OBSERVATORY TO STUDY MICROBIAL LIFE, FLUID FLOW, AND ROCK DEFORMATION
A Report to the National Science Foundation

VIEW REPORT: 2.6 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.earthlab.org

COMPLETED: June 2003

BATHYMETRY FROM SPACE: OCEANOGRAPHY, GEOPHYSICS, AND CLIMATE

VIEW REPORT: 500 KB pdf
MORE INFO: topex.ucsd.edu/workshop

COMPLETED: June 2003

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INITIAL U.S. INTEGRATED OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEM
Part 1. Structure and Governance

VIEW REPORT: 2.4 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.ocean.us

COMPLETED: June 2003

R/V MAURICE EWING MIDLIFE REFIT
WORKSHOP REPORT

EDITING BY GEO PROSE
MORE INFO: www.ldeo.columbia.edu

COMPLETED: February 2003

COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS: SYNTHESIS FOR EARTH, LIFE, AND SOCIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
A 10-Year Outlook for the National Science Foundation

VIEW REPORT: 2.1 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/about.cfm

COMPLETED: December 2002

EARTHSCOPE: AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN THE EARTH SCIENCES
Education and Outreach Program Plan

VIEW PLAN: 1.6 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.earthscope.org

COMPLETED: November 2002

OPPORTUNITIES IN GEOCHEMISTRY FOR
POST-2003 OCEAN DRILLING
A JOI/USSP Workshop

VIEW REPORT: 832 KB pdf
MORE INFO: www.oceanleadership.org/usssp

COMPLETED: May 2002

EARTHSCOPE: SCIENTIFIC TARGETS FOR THE
WORLD'S LARGEST OBSERVATORY POINTED AT
THE SOLID EARTH
Workshop Report

VIEW REPORT: 2.8 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.earthscope.org

COMPLETED: March 2002

AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN TO ADVANCE OCEAN SCIENCES

VIEW PLAN: 5.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.geo-prose.com/oiti

COMPLETED: January 2002

CHARTING THE FUTURE FOR THE NATIONAL
ACADEMIC RESEARCH FLEET
A Long Range Plan for Renewal

VIEW PLAN: 2.3 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.nopp.org

COMPLETED: December 2001

EARTHSCOPE: A NEW VIEW INTO EARTH
Project Plan

VIEW PLAN: 2.5 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.earthscope.org

COMPLETED: October 2001

DATA MANAGEMENT FOR MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS: TOOLS FOR ARCHIVING, ANALYSIS,
AND VISUALIZATION
Workshop Report, La Jolla, California, May 14-16, 2001

VIEW REPORT: 7.1 MB pdf

COMPLETED: September 2001

EARTH, OCEANS, AND LIFE: SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EARTH SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE DRILLING PLATFORMS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Initial Science Plan

VIEW PLAN: 3.1 MB pdf
MORE INFO: www.iodp.org

COMPLETED: April 2001