Publication Date:
2022-05-25
Description:
Report of the Ocean Observation Research Coordination Network In-situ-Satellite Observation Working Group
Description:
This report is intended to illustrate and provide recommendations for how ocean observing
systems of the next decade could focus on coastal environments using combined
satellite and in situ measurements. Until recently, space-based observations have had surface
footprints typically spanning hundreds of meters to kilometers. These provide excellent synoptic
views for a wide variety of ocean characteristics. In situ observations are instead generally point
or linear measurements. The interrelation between space-based and in-situ observations can be
challenging. Both are necessary and as sensors and platforms evolve during the next decade, the
trend to facilitate interfacing space and in-situ observations must continue and be expanded. In
this report, we use coastal observation and analyses to illustrate an observing system concept that
combines in situ and satellite observing technologies with numerical models to quantify subseasonal
time scale transport of freshwater and its constituents from terrestrial water storage
bodies across and along continental shelves, as well as the impacts on some key
biological/biogeochemical properties of coastal waters.
Description:
Ocean Research Coordination Network and the National Science Foundation
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Working Paper
Format:
application/pdf
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