This information will prove extremely useful for evaluating the physical parameters responsible for unrest, and potentially eruption.

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Following the recommendations of the Framework for Ocean Observing, the emphasis of the GOOS Steering Committee will be the identification of Essential Ocean Variables, (EOVs), the physical, chemical, biogeochemical or ecological parameters of the oceans which can be measured, observed and used to continuously assess the state of the oceans.

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