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The Role of Observations in the Future of Oceanography--Raffaele Ferrari
The Role of Observations in the Future of Oceanography--Raffaele Ferrari
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provided the first global view of the time dependent nature of the ocean circulation. The Argo float program complemented surface measurements with thousands of vertical profiles of temperature and salinity continuously repeated across the whole ocean.
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Moreover, the average structure of marine ecosystems will reflect the integrated, and rectified, effects of the finescale processes, modulating primary production and community structure and hence the export of organic carbon to the interior ocean with obvious implications for climate. Seismic reflection profiling, a technique that has been used for decades to image the solid earth beneath the ocean, could also become a revolutionary tool for oceanographic studies.
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The combination of these measurements is not only crucial to monitor the anthropogenic effect on Earth's climate, but it is also essential to test the skill of ocean models in reproducing natural climate variability. Ocean models are often run for centuries to study climate change, but it is not clear whether they have any skill on those time scales.
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