Welcome to the NOPP Special Issue
By Richard Danzig and D. James Baker

An Introduction to the NOPP Issue
By Steven E. Ramberg and W. Stanley Wilson

Gulf of Mexico Monitoring System
By John P. Blaha, George H. Born, Norman L. Guinasso, Jr., H. James Herring, Gregg A. Jacobs, F.J. Kelly, Robert R. Leben, Robert D. Martin, Jr., George L. Mellor, P. Peter Niiler, Michael E. Parke, Richard C. Patchen, Kemzeth Schaudt, Norman W. Scheffner, C.K. Shum, Carter Ohlmann, Wilton Sturges III, Georges L. Weatherly, Douglas Webb, and Henry J. White

Implementation of the South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observation Network
By Harvey E. Seim

Portable Coastal Observatories
By Daniel Frye, Bradford Butman, Mark Johnson , Keith von der Heyd, and Steven Lerner

Ocean Sciences Education for the 21st Century
By Sharon H. Walker , Paula Coble , and Frances Lee Larkin

Exploring the Boundaries of Distance Learning in Ocean Environments
By Robert D. Ballard and Stephen M. Coan

The Argo Project: Global Ocean Observations for Understanding and Prediction of Climate Variability
By Dean Roemmich and W. Brechner Owens

Ocean State Estimation and Prediction in Support of Oceanographic Research
By Detlef Stammer and the ECCO Consortium and Eric Chassignet and the HYCOM Consortium

Long-Term Observations in Acoustics—The Ocean Acoustic Observatory Federation
By John Orcutt , Catherine deGroot-Hedlin, William Hodgkiss, William Kuperman, Walter Munk, Frank Vernon, Peter Worcester , Eddie Bernard , Robert P. Dziak, Chris Fox, Ching-Sang Chiu, Curt Collins, James Mercer, Robert Odom , Minkyu Park , Darin Soukup, and Robert SpindeI

An Arctic Basin Observational Capability Using AUVs
By James G. Bellingham, Knut Streitlien, James Overland , Subramaniam Rajah, Peter Stein, John Stannard , William Kirkwood , and Dana Yoerger

NEPTUNE: Real-Time Ocean and Earth Sciences at the Scale of a Tectonic Plate
By John R. Delaney, G. Ross Heath, Bruce Howe , Alan D. Chave, and Harold Kirkham

Thank You Statement
Thank you statement. 2000. Oceanography 13(2):80–82, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2000.38.

Stable Carbon Isotopes (δ13C) in Coral Skeletons
By A.G. Grottoli

Diapycnal Mixing and Internal Waves
By Peter Müller and Melbourne Briscoe

Contemplating Action: Storing Carbon Dioxide in the Ocean
By Peter G. Brewer

LETTER TO THE EDITOR • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters to the Editor. 2000. Oceanography 13(2):3–4.

QUARTERDECK • The Right Program at the Right Time: A NOPPortunity
By Richard W. Spinrad

LETTER TO THE EDITOR • Judi Rhodes' Farewell Address
By Judi Rhodes

FROM THE PRESIDENT • Getting Organized
By Kenneth Brink

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • An Introduction to Online Physical Oceanography
By Matthias Tomczak

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Review of "An Introduction to Online Physical Oceanography"
By Dean A. McManus

BOOK REVIEW • Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean
By Curtis D. Mobley

BOOK REVIEW • Tides: A Scientific History
By Bruce Parker

W. Stanley Wilson, NOPP Interagency Working Group

NOPP agencies: Office of Naval Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US Geological Survey, Minerals Management Service, Department of Energy, US Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Office of Management and Budget, and Office of Science and Technology Policy.