Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems

Robert E. Todd (1) , Francisco Chavez (2) , Sophie Clayton , Sophie Cravatte (3) , Marlos Goes , Michelle Graco (4) , Xiaopei Lin , Janet Sprintall (5) , Nathalie Zilberman , Matthew Archer , Javier Arístegui (6) , Magdalena Balmaseda (7) , John Bane , Molly Baringer , John Barth , Lisa Beal (8) , Peter Brandt , Paulo Calil , Edmo Campos , Luca Centurioni (5) , Maria Paz Chidichimo , Mauro Cirano , Meghan Cronin (9) , Enrique Curchitser (10) , Russ Davis (5) , Marcus Dengler (11) , Brad Deyoung , Shenfu Dong (12) , Rubén Escribano (13) , Andrea Fassbender , Sarah Fawcett , Ming Feng (14) , Gustavo Goni (12) , Alison Gray , Dimitri Gutiérrez (15) , Dave Hebert , Rebecca Hummels (11) , Shin-Ichi Ito , Marjorlaine Krug , François Lacan (16) , Lucas Laurindo , Alban Lazar (17) , Craig M. Lee , Matthieu Lengaigne (17) , Naomi Levine (18) , John Middleton , Ivonne Montes (19) , Mike Muglia , Takeyoshi Nagai , Hilary Palevsky , Jaime Palter , Helen Phillips , Alberto P. Piola (20) , Albert Plueddemann , Bo Qiu (21) , Regina Rodrigues , Moninya Roughan , Daniel Rudnick , Ryan Rykaczewski , Martin Saraceno (22) , Harvey Seim , Alex Sen Gupta (23) , Lynne Shannon (24) , Bernadette Sloyan (25) , Adrienne J. Sutton , Luanne Thompson , Anja Plas , Denis Volkov , John Wilkin (26) , Dongxiao Zhang , Linlin Zhang

1 WHOI - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2 MBARI - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
3 OLVAC - Océan du Large et Variabilité Climatique
4 IMARPE - Instituto del Mar del Peru
5 SIO - UC San Diego - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
6 Fac. Ciencias del Mar
7 ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
8 IUGA - Université Grenoble Alpes - Institut d'urbanisme et de géographie alpine
9 Coastal & Marine Research Centre
10 Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
11 IFM-GEOMAR - Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften
12 NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
13 Millennium Institute of Oceanography
14 CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra]
15 Direccion de Investigaciones Oceanograficas
16 LEGOS - Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales
17 VARCLIM - Océan et variabilité du climat
18 USC - University of Southern California
19 Departamento de Oceanografía [Concepción]
20 Departamento de Oceanografia
21 SOEST - School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
22 CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires]
23 CCRC - Climate Change Research Centre [Sydney]
24 Marine Research Institute and Department of Biological Sciences
25 CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS, Australia
26 RU - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [New Brunswick]

Ocean boundary current systems are key components of the climate system, are home to highly productive ecosystems, and have numerous societal impacts. Establishment of a global network of boundary current observing systems is a critical part of ongoing development of the Global Ocean Observing System. The characteristics of boundary current systems are reviewed, focusing on scientific and societal motivations for sustained observing. Techniques currently used to observe boundary current systems are reviewed, followed by a census of the current state of boundary current observing systems globally. The next steps in the development of boundary current observing systems are considered, leading to several specific recommendations.

Mots clés: western boundary current systems; eastern boundary current systems; ocean observing systems; time series; autonomous underwater gliders; drifters; remote sensing; moorings

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Robert E. Todd, Francisco Chavez, Sophie Clayton, Sophie Cravatte, Marlos Goes, et al.. Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019, 6, ⟨10.3389/fmars.2019.00423⟩. ⟨hal-02410119⟩