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communication satellites can pick up and re—trahsmit data from the
more remote buoys. On the other
would be folly to progress
too far in this adventure of the imagination without confessing the
present inadequate understanding of the ocean/air interaction.
Certainly, one of the rst tasks of the arrays of buoys now being
established in various parts of the world is to help in the further
investigation of the link between the slbwly—altering climate of inner
space and the sometimes eeting but nevertheless important changes
of weather in the
marine and meteorological
scientists can ‘crack the code’, it may one day be possible to make
long—range weather forecasts by observing the much more
behaviour of “the sea; Apart from the value of improved f0reCasts to
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man’s pür'suits on the land, they will improve the‘eXploitaib 'bfthè‘“
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ocean resdurce ; assistig with such things
routîng of fréi'ghter3;
the deployment of shing eets
damage”îfto‘
offshore installations. As it is, the improved
ocean«an‘d
terrestrial conditions are already helping in “shorter term Weather
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