This final chapter contains selected abstracts and a bibliography of FY 2003 publications from
scientific journals treating the global observation of ocean heat, carbon, fresh water, and sea level
change. A select number of abstracts of particularly relevant scientific papers are presented first,
chosen by the principal investigators (PI) of the science projects funded by NOAA’s Office of
Climate Observation. Website urls follow the bibliographic reference if the publication and
expanded abstract can be found online.