Marine GIS Data Model                    sampling
Marine data is collected through a wide range of:
ü Methods
ü Instruments
ü Time scales
ü Periodicity
ü Precision
ü Accuracy
ü
I think everyone is pretty aware that the scope and span of data collection designed and conducted during SO GLOBEC was pretty amazing.
We’ve heard from several sources about all of these variables for collecting data, and I’d like to talk briefly about some of the work that will be done on the cetacean observations that Deb just mentioned