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http://dx.doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2014.19.3.202

Status and Prospect of Unmanned, Global Ocean Observations Network  

Nam, Sunghyun (CASPO, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD)
Kim, Yun-Bae (Ulleungdo-Dokdo Ocean Research Station, East Sea Research Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)
Park, Jong Jin (Department of Oceanography, Kyungpook National University)
Chang, Kyung-Il (RIO/School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
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The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY / v.19, no.3, 2014 , pp. 202-214 More about this Journal
Abstract
We introduce status and prospect of increasingly utilizing, unmanned, global ocean observing systems, and the global network to integrate, coordinate, and manage the systems. Platforms of the ocean observing system are diversified in order to resolve/monitor the variability occurring at multiple scales in both three-dimensional space and time. Here purpose, development history, and current status of the systems in two kinds - mobile (surface drifter, subsurface float, underwater glider) and fixed platforms (surface and subsurface moorings, bottom mounts), are examined and the increased future uses to produce synergies are envisioned. Simultaneous use of various mobile and fixed platforms is suggested to more effectively design the observing system, with an example of the NSF-funded OOI (Ocean Observations Initiative) program. Efforts are suggested 1) to fill the data gap existing in the deep sea and the Southern Ocean, and toward 2) new global network for oceanic boundary currents, 3) new technologies for existing and new sensors including biogeochemical, acoustic, and optical sensors, 3) data standardization, and 4) sensor calibration and data quality control.
Keywords
Unmanned ocean observation; Global ocean observation network; ARGO; OceanSITES;
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