20,000 leagues under the sea: a journey to the future of observing the deep oceans

Author

Emery, William ; Abdalati, Waleed ; Hildebrand, Peter

Author_Institution

Office of Earth Sci., NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

615

Abstract

Future observations of the global ocean will move beyond measurements of the ocean surface topography, winds, roughness, sea surface temperature, and surface salinity to include in situ and remotely sensed measurements of the deep ocean. These important measurements will quantify the deep ocean circulation and its implication for the oceanic transport of heat, and the relationships between ocean circulation variability and the climate change. New measurement technologies will include remote sensing measurements of ocean mass through global gravity observations, innovative measurement of oceanic vertical structure with satellite relayed data from in-situ profiling floats, and remote measurement of the ocean surface boundary layer at higher temporal resolution.

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; climatology; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; remote sensing; seawater; climate change; deep ocean circulation; global gravity observations; in-situ profiling floats; ocean mass; ocean roughness; ocean surface boundary layer; ocean surface topography; oceanic transport; remote sensing; sea surface temperature; surface salinity; winds; Marine technology; Motion measurement; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Surface topography; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293859

Filename

1293859