Towards Improved Ocean State Estimation
Abstract
Determining the general circulation is a primary goal of oceanography, as is determining the roles of the ocean in climate. These goals are closely related because the large-scale, time-mean circulation, together with its seasonal and interannual variations, substantially governs the mass, heat and salt fluxes on the planetary scale. The developing Global Ocean Observing System has at its core the sustained collection of a diverse set of observations of the ocean, and their synthesis into maps of the three-dimensional velocity field and its associated transports of heat, salt and mass.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA629482
Entities
People
- Steven R. Jayne
Organizations
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution