Since the release of its home console, "Wii," Nintendo had fought mostly successfully off competition in gaming market by using a blue ocean strategy. The strategy is idea to create new space with no or minimal through differentiation, low cost, and innovation. It not compete against but demand make irrelevant instead. Nintendo's first step pursuing was get out Red Ocean, where there none befor...

Article history: The isotopic composition of Received 18 April 2008 Received in revised form 25 July 2008 Accepted 29 July 2008 Available online 7 September 2008 Editor: M.L. Delaney

A three dimensional hydrostatic finite volume ocean model has been developed to solve the integral dynamical equations. Since the basic (integral) equations are solved for finite volumes rather than grid points, the flux conservation is easily enforced, even on arbitrary meshes. Both upwind and high-order combined compact schemes can be incorporated into the model to increase computational stab...

In this paper, we describe the development of an experimental testbed capable of producing controllable ocean-like flows in a laboratory setting. The objective is to develop a testbed to evaluate multi-robot strategies for tracking manifolds and Lagrangian coherent structures (LCS) in the ocean. Recent theoretical results have shown that LCS coincide with minimum energy and minimum time optimal...

The Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is responsible for the processing and validation of oceanic optical property retrievals from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). A major goal of this activity is the production of a continuous ocean color time-series spanning the mission ...

This chapter examines how Pacific Island countries could best address this challenge in face of current trends. The chapter is divided into five sections, addressing the most pressing issues in ocean management. Section A describes the nature of the challenges and opportunities the ocean presents. Section B outlines a strategy for managing coastal areas in the Pacific. Section C focuses on the ...