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	The Pacific Ocean Areas
		The strategic Pacific areas that were to prevail throughout most of the war were established in March 1942.
		One noteworthy feature of the South Pacific Malaria and Insect Control Organization was that from its inception its head, a Navy doctor, was placed at the highest level of command in the South Pacific Area; a similar position for the island or base malariologist was early established.
		Most observers found that the organization in the South Pacific worked more smoothly than that in the Southwest Pacific Area, where the question of the proper structure and placement of the malaria control organization was bandied about for some time and where control over the effective employment of units was lost through their assignment.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/orgadmin/org_admin_wwii_chpt9.htm (12243 words)

	Pacific Ocean Areas Information
		It was one of four major commands during the Pacific War, and one of two United States commands in the Pacific theatre of operations.
		Mainland Asia was excluded from the POA, as were the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, the Territory of New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago) and the western part of the Solomon Islands.
		The effective result of this organizational scheme was the creation of two separate commands in the Pacific: POA and SWPA, each reporting separately to the Joint Chiefs, each competing for scarce resources in an economy-of-force theater, and each headed by a commander in chief (CINC) from a different service.
	www.bookrags.com /Pacific_Ocean_Areas (498 words)

	Pacific Ocean - MSN Encarta
		The Pacific Ocean is bounded on the east by the North and South American continents; on the north by the Bering Strait; on the west by Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean.
		In the southeast it is arbitrarily divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the Drake Passage along 68° west longitude; in the southwest, its separation from the Indian Ocean is not officially designated.
		The stresses at the areas of folding and subduction are responsible for the earthquakes and volcanoes that give the rim of the Pacific basin the name “ring of fire” (see Ocean and Oceanography).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761564220/Pacific_Ocean.html (687 words)

	Oceans
		The Marianas Trench, on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean, is the deepest known ocean trench, reaching a maximum depth of 11,033 metres (36,198 feet).
		The oceans are home to an incredible variety of living organisms, ranging from the world's largest animal, the blue whale, to microscopic algae.
		Other misuses of the oceans include oil spills, which are caused by accidents to oil tankers, or the deliberate emptying of oil into the sea when the tankers are cleaned.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /nature_gallery/oceans.html (1916 words)

	Pacific War - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Pacific War (1937–1945) is not to be confused with the War of the Pacific (1879–1884).
		The Pacific War occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia.
		The Pacific War Council was formed in Washington on April 1, 1942, with a membership consisting of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his key advisor Harry Hopkins, and representatives from Britain, China, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Canada.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/a/c/Pacific_war.html (3469 words)

	Pacific Ocean
		It underscores the importance of the ocean to Pacific Island nations and communities and serves to unify a number of existing regional initiatives that address issues relevant to management and development of ocean and coastal resources and environments.
		It was one of four major commands during the Pacific War, and one of two United States commands in the Pacific theatre of operations.
		Pacific Ocean Park - Pacific Ocean Park was an twenty-eight acre (110,000 mÂ²), nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Santa Monica, California which was intended to compete with Disneyland.
	ca61.poseidontech.com /pacificocean.html (994 words)

	Pacific Ocean
		The area of the Pacific is greater than that of all of the continents combined, and it makes up nearly half of the area covered by the earth's oceans.
		The Pacific Ocean borders Asia and Oceania to the west, North and South America to the east, and Antarctica to the south.
		The Pacific was given its name because of the tranquillity of its waters, although it is occasionally swept by typhoons, and a number of strong currents circulate beneath the surface.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /nature_gallery/pacificocean.html (653 words)

	PACIFIC OCEAN
		Inside the Gulf of California in the Eastern-Central Pacific, the stocks of California sardine (Sardinops caeruleus) are decreasing consistently, while the stocks of anchovies in the same area seem to be increasing, as is the case for the Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) in the Northwest Pacific.
		The area of competence of the Commission, referred to as the "Convention Area" is defined as the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas, north of 33
		The objective of the Convention are the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.
	www.fao.org /docrep/W1310E/w1310E04.htm (4400 words)

	An ocean of scientific change - The Boston Globe
		The institution is pioneering some of the latest advances in underwater imaging and is monitoring everything from ocean currents to seismic activity on the ocean floor.
		Areas that extend this deeply tend to happen when one tectonic plate slips beneath another, in a process called subduction.
		Studying plankton, which are the foundation of the ocean ecosystem, is difficult because the microscopic creatures are often so fragile that they disintegrate upon contact, so scientists can't round them up for laboratory observation.
	www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2006/07/31/an_ocean_of_scientific_change (1180 words)

	Prince Island House- Romantic Pacific Paradise - Pacific Ocean Rental along northern California coast
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		Sit in the recliners in the living room with another fireplace or in the kitchen and dining areas and be thrilled by the spectacular Pacific Ocean.
		Sit on the decks thirty (30) feet from the waves and toast to yourselves while breathing the ocean air.
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	hotels Pacific Ocean
		Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest of the world's four oceans, covering more than a third of the earth's surface and containing more than half of its free water.
		The Pacific Ocean is bounded on the east by the North and South American continents; on the north by the Bering Strait; on the west by Asia, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia; and on the south by Antarctica.
		In the southeast it is arbitrarily divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the Drake Passage along 68° west longitude; in the southwest, its separation from the Indian Ocean is not officially designated.
	www.hotels-hoteles.com /hotels-Pacific-Ocean.htm (438 words)

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		The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major theaters during the Pacific War, between 1942 and 1945.
		Admiral, later Fleet Admiral, Chester Nimitz commanded the vast majority of Allied naval forces in the Pacific Ocean during the period 1941-45.
		The POA was further divided into the North, Central, and South Pacific Areas, with subordinate commanders.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pacific_Ocean_Areas (252 words)

	NASA - 2005 Warmest Year in Over a Century
		Image to left: This colorful global map of 2005 average temperatures shows areas that have warmed the most in red, to the areas that have cooled (in blue).
		Previously, the warmest year of the century was 1998, when a strong El Nino, a warm water event in the eastern Pacific Ocean, added warmth to global temperatures.
		Because these areas are remote and far away from major cities, it is clear to climatologists that the warming is not due to the influence of pollution from urban areas.
	www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/environment/2005_warmest.html (523 words)

	Communiqes 301-600 Preface
		The serial numbers of press releases of the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, are retained.
		CINCPAC—Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.
		CINCPOA—Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, Advance Headquarters.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/301-600-Preface.html (283 words)

	IPHC Statistical Area shapefiles
		Pacific halibut are distributed throughout the continental shelf regions of the Bering Sea and the northern Pacific Ocean, from northern California, through Canadian waters, along the coast of Alaska, and into Russian territorial waters.
		These areas were used as convenient analytical units for tabulating and analyzing halibut catch data, biological and biometric data, and migration data from tagging experiments.
		While the IPHC statistical areas are defined as polygons in the Mercator projection, the shapefiles contain a sufficient number of nodes to allow them to closely approximate the IPHC statistical area polygons in any projection.
	www.iphc.washington.edu /halcom/GIS/statareas.htm (192 words)

	Chapter I: Operation Iceberg
		All the armed forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas, from the West Coast to Ulithi and from New Zealand to the Aleutians, were directed to support the attack on Okinawa.
		In view of the size of the objective and the impossibility of destroying all targets, fire during the prelanding bombardment was to be laid on carefully selected targets; the principal efforts were to be directed to the destruction of weapons threatening ships and aircraft and of the defenses opposing the landings.
		Loaded ships were to sail from Pacific ports at 10-day intervals, beginning on L minus 40 (20 February 1945), and to arrive at the regulating stations at Ulithi and Eniwetok beginning, L minus 5, there to await the call of General Buckner.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/okinawa/chapter1.htm (12126 words)

	Brief History of WWII: The Pacific War
		Competition for limited resources between the Allied commanders of the European and Pacific theaters was actually less intense than might have been expected.
		The Pacific was a naval war, and little U.S. offensive naval power was required in the Atlantic besides landing craft.
		Both in MacArthur's SWPA and Nimitz's POA, the Pacific war was a seemingly endless series of amphibious landings and island-hopping campaigns where naval power, air power, and shipping, rather than large and heavy ground forces, were of paramount importance.
	www.worldwariihistory.info /WWII/Pacific.html (873 words)

	Pacific Ocean
		Within the Pacific area, five distinctive climate regions exist: the mid-latitude westerlies, the trades, the monsoon region, the typhoon region, and the doldrums.
		The ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, which is a part of the worldwide Mid-Ocean Ridge system.
		The western part of the Pacific Ocean floor consists of mountain arcs that rise above the sea as island groups, such as the Solomon Islands and New Zealand, and deep trenches, such as the Mariana Trench, the Philippine Trench, and the Tonga Trench.
	www.ocean.udel.edu /extreme2002/Mission/divelocation/pacific.html (1249 words)

	Chapter 1: The Strategic Decision
		For the conduct of operations in the Pacific, two separate commands, the Southwest Pacific Area and the Pacific Ocean Areas, embracing almost the entire ocean and its land areas, were designated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the approval of the President on 30 March.
		The Southwest Pacific Headquarters was the logical agency to direct the offensive, for the necessary intelligence, reconnaissance, and planning agencies were all in its area, and General MacArthur believed that he should command any large operation through his air, ground, and surface commanders.
		Southwest Pacific aircraft were too few in number to prevent enemy air and surface forces from attacking the invasion force, and the aircraft carriers would be exposed to attacks by land-based aircraft.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/guadc/GC-01.htm (7087 words)

	NOAA Home Page - NOAA Ocean Portal
		Ocean Prediction Center - originates and issues marine warnings and forecasts, continually monitors and analyzes maritime data, and provides guidance of marine atmospheric variables for purposes of protection of life and property, safety at sea and enhancement of economic opportunity.
		The Marine Geology and Geophysics Division of the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center and the collocated World Data Center for Marine Geology and Geophysics, in Boulder, Colo., compiles and maintains extensive bathymetric, marine sediment and trackline geophysical databases in both coastal and open ocean areas.
		NOAA Ocean Modeling Branch —a division of the NOAA Environmental Modeling Center—is responsible for the development of improved numerical weather, marine and climate prediction modeling and analysis systems within the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction and the NOAA National Weather Service.
	www.noaa.gov /ocean.html (1204 words)

	CLIMATE TRENDS ASSOCIATED WITH MULTI-DECADAL VARIABILITY
		Inferred weakening of the Atlantic Ocean conveyor circulation during recent decades appears to have contributed to important changes in the regional configuration of SST anomalies (both warming and cooling) which are especially evident in areas just off the northwest African Coast.
		The "warm pool" region of the equatorial West Pacific, Indonesia and the Eastern Indian Ocean is the primary ocean heat reservoir for ENSO and the associated teleconnected global climatic variability.
		Figure 20C shows increasing ocean surface levels in the equatorial Southeast Pacific wherein the effect is inferred to be related to decadal weakening of the Pacific trade winds and a relaxation of the residual (dynamic) westward drift of tropical surface water.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/Landsea/climtrend (11116 words)

	Army Communicator
		Not a theater at all in the European sense of the term, the Pacific area comprised continental Australia, New Guinea and other islands, large and small, separated by an endless, expansive sea.
		The Southwest Pacific and Pacific Ocean areas, commanded by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, included Australia and islands to its north — including New Guinea — and regions further north and west, especially the Philippines.
		It could be said the Signal Corps had the final word in the Pacific when a communications unit in the Yokohama Customs House rebroadcast to the world the Japanese surrender ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri Sept. 2, 1945.
	www.gordon.army.mil /AC/WWII/PACIFIC.asp (1482 words)

	Pacific Ocean
		Located between the continents of North America, South America, Asia, Antarctica and Australia the Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's four oceans.
		It is commonly divided at the Equator into the North Pacific and the South Pacific.
		From the base of the volcano on the ocean floor it is 33,476 feet.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/oceans/pacific.html (403 words)

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	Human Activities Are Boosting Ocean Temperatures in Areas Where Hurricanes Form, New Study Finds - News Release
		BOULDER—Rising ocean temperatures in key hurricane breeding grounds of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are due primarily to human-caused increases in greenhouse gas concentrations, according to a study published online in the September 11 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
		For the period 1906-2005, the researchers found an 84 percent probability that human-induced factors—primarily an increase in greenhouse gas emissions—account for most of the observed rise in SSTs in the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane formation regions.
		The increasing SSTs in the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane formation regions are not the sole determinant of hurricane intensity, but they are likely to be one of the most significant influences.
	www.ucar.edu /news/releases/2006/oceantemps.shtml (578 words)

	OceanPortal : Top > SCIENTIFIC TOPICS > Geographic Areas > Pacific Ocean
		The Alaska Oceans Program is an independent program of the Alaska Conservation Foundation dedicated to the conservation and management of Alaska's important and valuable marine resources.
		NOAA's area of interest is the tropical Atlantic and PALACE floats were deployed along 6âS and the equator to provide current vectors at the sea surface and 1000m and temperature profiles every 10 days.
		Sixteen offshore weather buoys are maintained by Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada in association with Axys, a private company in Sidney, B.C. The buoys measure general weather information in the marine area around British Columbia and report their data to Environment Canada via satellite.
	www.iode.org /oceanportal/browse.php?cat=700 (739 words)

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