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| Overview |
Fixed-point time series are
an essential element of the global ocean
observing system. These Eulerian Observatories
are uniquely suited for fully sampling 2 of the
4 dimensions (depth and time), thus
complementing other components of the observing
system (satellites, floats, ships). They resolve
a wide range of temporal variability and sample
the water column from the surface to the bottom.
Fixed-point stations will resolve
multi-disciplinary variability and processes
like CO2 uptake, biological productivity, fluxes
of heat, freshwater momentum and other
properties between the ocean and atmosphere, and
seismic and biological activity on the bottom
An International Time Series
Science Team has been created. Its membership is
multidisciplinary, including geological,
biological, chemical, and physical scientists
whose interests extend from the ocean bottom to
the air-sea interface. They have developed the
background for time series as an element of the
integrated global ocean observing system and are
working on strategic plans to implement this
element
The program is just
starting and access to data is spread in the
different centers contributiong to the project. |
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| Products |
The products that will be
available thought this project will be :
- in-situ
observations of ocean/climate related
quantities at a fixed geographic
location/region , sustained and continuous,
contributing to a long-term record at the
site
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as
an alternate to a mooring, shipboard
observations from regular occupation of a
site as at Ocean Weather Stations,
historical sites or sites where moorings
have not been established provide an
alternate method
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