Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO NOAA's Present and Proposed Coastal Ocean Buoy and C-MAN Network -- CHAPTER THREE Applications of Buoy/C-MAN Data Network -- CHAPTER FOUR Importance of Buoy/C-MAN Observations to Research and Operational Services -- CHAPTER FIVE Proposed Core Network and Recommendations -- CHAPTER SIX Concluding Perspective -- References -- APPENDIX A List of Contributors -- APPENDIX B Letter from the Climate Research Committee to the Department of State -- APPENDIX C Letter from the U.S. Coast Guard -- APPENDIX D Letter from BOAT/U.S. -- APPENDIX E Findings from NOAA Natural Disaster Survey Reports -- APPENDIX F Sample Weekly Status Report, National Data Buoy Center -- APPENDIX G Data Buoy Impacts on Warning and Forecast Operations.