Open AccessU.S. council calls for sustained ocean observing system
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/99eo00183
Subject(s) - ocean observations , climate system , environmental science , oceanography , earth system science , satellite , key (lock) , term (time) , meteorology , research council , climate change , environmental resource management , climatology , political science , geography , computer science , geology , engineering , government (linguistics) , linguistics , physics , philosophy , computer security , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering
A council that includes the heads of 12 United States federal agencies involved in funding ocean research or developing ocean research policy has called for the establishment of a national integrated and sustained ocean observing system. Officials said the system should integrate new tools to monitor changes in the oceans' physical, biological, and chemical systems with the many already‐existing satellite and in situ observing elements. The system, they said, could improve long‐term climate forecasts, increase understanding of long and short‐term ocean phenomena, and help to answer some key questions concerning global warming.