Building a window to the sea : Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION)
Building a window to the sea : Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION)
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2004-06
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Schofield, Oscar M. E.
Tivey, Margaret K.
Tivey, Margaret K.
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10.5670/oceanog.2004.59
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For centuries, oceanographers have relied
on data and observations about the ocean
and the seafloor below gathered from ships
during cruises of limited duration. This expeditionary
research approach has resulted
in major advances in understanding global
ocean circulation, the energy associated
with mesoscale circulation, plate tectonics,
global ocean productivity, and climate-ocean
coupling. These and many other successes
have expanded our view of Earth and ocean
processes, and have demonstrated a need for
sampling strategies spanning temporal and
spatial scales not effectively carried out using
ships. To address this observational gap,
community efforts in the United States consistently
have recommended that funding
agencies support development of the capability
to maintain a continuous sampling
and monitoring presence in the ocean.
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Author Posting. © Oceanography Society, 2004. This article is posted here by permission of Oceanography Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Oceanography 17, 2 (2004): 113-120.
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Oceanography 17, 2 (2004): 113-120