Functional Areas
Each project in the research and outreach components, including education and communication programs, has been classified using the following performance measures. Measure 1: Return on investment from the discovery and application of new sustainable coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes products. Measure 2: Cumulative number of coastal, marine, and Great Lakes issue-based forecast capabilities developed and used for management.
Research
Measure 3: Percentage/number of tools, technologies, and information services that are used by NOAA partners/customers to improve ecosystem-based management.
Research Strategic Goal: Enhance research management and focus research efforts to an interdisciplinary, theoretical and applied strategy pertinent to the conservation of coastal ecosystems, and the sustainable use of resources. Objective 1: Improve the quality, impact, and diversity of our research activities.
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Action: Prepare and distribute a research protocol to guide research reporting process. Projection: Improve accountability database regarding progress of research projects. Projection: Develop an electronic database of research reports.
Measure 3
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