Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system
Global climate is regulated by the ocean, which stores, releases, and transports large amounts of mass, heat, carbon, and oxygen. Understanding, monitoring, and predicting the exchanges of these quantities across the ocean’s surface, their interactions with the atmosphere, and their horizontal and v...
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| author | Gregory R. Foltz Yassir A. Eddebbar Janet Sprintall Antonietta Capotondi Antonietta Capotondi Sophie Cravatte Sophie Cravatte Peter Brandt Peter Brandt Adrienne J. Sutton Tamaryn Morris Juliet Hermes Juliet Hermes Clive R. McMahon Michael J. McPhaden Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Franz Philip Tuchen Franz Philip Tuchen Mathew Koll Roxy Fan Wang Fei Chai Regina R. Rodrigues Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Aneesh C. Subramanian Marcus Dengler Cheyenne Stienbarger Kathleen Bailey Weidong Yu |
| author_facet | Gregory R. Foltz Yassir A. Eddebbar Janet Sprintall Antonietta Capotondi Antonietta Capotondi Sophie Cravatte Sophie Cravatte Peter Brandt Peter Brandt Adrienne J. Sutton Tamaryn Morris Juliet Hermes Juliet Hermes Clive R. McMahon Michael J. McPhaden Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Franz Philip Tuchen Franz Philip Tuchen Mathew Koll Roxy Fan Wang Fei Chai Regina R. Rodrigues Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Aneesh C. Subramanian Marcus Dengler Cheyenne Stienbarger Kathleen Bailey Weidong Yu |
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| description | Global climate is regulated by the ocean, which stores, releases, and transports large amounts of mass, heat, carbon, and oxygen. Understanding, monitoring, and predicting the exchanges of these quantities across the ocean’s surface, their interactions with the atmosphere, and their horizontal and vertical pathways through the global oceans, are key for advancing fundamental knowledge and improving forecasts and longer-term projections of climate, weather, and ocean ecosystems. The existing global observing system provides immense value for science and society in this regard by supplying the data essential for these advancements. The tropical ocean observing system in particular has been developed over decades, motivated in large part by the far-reaching and complex global impacts of tropical climate variability and change. However, changes in observing needs and priorities, new challenges associated with climate change, and advances in observing technologies demand periodic evaluations to ensure that stakeholders’ needs are met. Previous reviews and assessments of the tropical observing system have focused separately on individual basins and their associated observing needs. Here we provide a broader perspective covering the tropical observing system as a whole. Common gaps, needs, and recommendations are identified, and interbasin differences driven by socioeconomic disparities are discussed, building on the concept of an integrated pantropical observing system. Finally, recommendations for improved observations of tropical basin interactions, through oceanic and atmospheric pathways, are presented, emphasizing the benefits that can be achieved through closer interbasin coordination and international partnerships. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b8b1df059c14414ba7ac91208b3e0fb2025-02-07T08:25:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452025-02-011210.3389/fmars.2025.15391831539183Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing systemGregory R. Foltz0Yassir A. Eddebbar1Janet Sprintall2Antonietta Capotondi3Antonietta Capotondi4Sophie Cravatte5Sophie Cravatte6Peter Brandt7Peter Brandt8Adrienne J. Sutton9Tamaryn Morris10Juliet Hermes11Juliet Hermes12Clive R. McMahon13Michael J. McPhaden14Lev B. Looney15Lev B. Looney16Lev B. Looney17Franz Philip Tuchen18Franz Philip Tuchen19Mathew Koll Roxy20Fan Wang21Fei Chai22Regina R. Rodrigues23Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca24Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca25Aneesh C. Subramanian26Marcus Dengler27Cheyenne Stienbarger28Kathleen Bailey29Weidong Yu30Physical Oceanography Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United StatesClimate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesClimate, Atmospheric Science, and Physical Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesAtmosphere-Ocean Processes and Predictability Division, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United StatesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United StatesUniversité de Toulouse, LEGOS (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Toulouse-III (UT3)), Toulouse, FranceIRD Center, Noumea, New CaledoniaDepartment of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyFaculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel University, Kiel, GermanyNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States0Egagasini Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Cape Town, South Africa0Egagasini Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Cape Town, South Africa1Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa2Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Animal Tagging, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United StatesPhysical Oceanography Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States3Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States4Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United StatesPhysical Oceanography Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States3Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States5Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Pune, India6Key Laboratory of Ocean Observation and Forecasting, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China7College of Ocean and Earth Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Fujian, China8Department of Physical Oceanography, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil9Department of Physics of the Earth and Astrophysics, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain0Geosciences Institute Complutense University - The Geosciences Institute (UCM-IGEO), Madrid, Spain1Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United StatesDepartment of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany2NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing, Silver Spring, MD, United States3U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, United States4School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaGlobal climate is regulated by the ocean, which stores, releases, and transports large amounts of mass, heat, carbon, and oxygen. Understanding, monitoring, and predicting the exchanges of these quantities across the ocean’s surface, their interactions with the atmosphere, and their horizontal and vertical pathways through the global oceans, are key for advancing fundamental knowledge and improving forecasts and longer-term projections of climate, weather, and ocean ecosystems. The existing global observing system provides immense value for science and society in this regard by supplying the data essential for these advancements. The tropical ocean observing system in particular has been developed over decades, motivated in large part by the far-reaching and complex global impacts of tropical climate variability and change. However, changes in observing needs and priorities, new challenges associated with climate change, and advances in observing technologies demand periodic evaluations to ensure that stakeholders’ needs are met. Previous reviews and assessments of the tropical observing system have focused separately on individual basins and their associated observing needs. Here we provide a broader perspective covering the tropical observing system as a whole. Common gaps, needs, and recommendations are identified, and interbasin differences driven by socioeconomic disparities are discussed, building on the concept of an integrated pantropical observing system. Finally, recommendations for improved observations of tropical basin interactions, through oceanic and atmospheric pathways, are presented, emphasizing the benefits that can be achieved through closer interbasin coordination and international partnerships.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1539183/fullocean observationscarbon cycleclimateextreme weathermarine heatwavesboundary currents |
| spellingShingle | Gregory R. Foltz Yassir A. Eddebbar Janet Sprintall Antonietta Capotondi Antonietta Capotondi Sophie Cravatte Sophie Cravatte Peter Brandt Peter Brandt Adrienne J. Sutton Tamaryn Morris Juliet Hermes Juliet Hermes Clive R. McMahon Michael J. McPhaden Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Lev B. Looney Franz Philip Tuchen Franz Philip Tuchen Mathew Koll Roxy Fan Wang Fei Chai Regina R. Rodrigues Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca Aneesh C. Subramanian Marcus Dengler Cheyenne Stienbarger Kathleen Bailey Weidong Yu Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system Frontiers in Marine Science ocean observations carbon cycle climate extreme weather marine heatwaves boundary currents |
| title | Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| title_full | Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| title_fullStr | Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| title_short | Toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| title_sort | toward an integrated pantropical ocean observing system |
| topic | ocean observations carbon cycle climate extreme weather marine heatwaves boundary currents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1539183/full |
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