Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season
There is a growing need for operational oceanographic predictions in both the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. In the former, this is driven by a declining ice cover accompanied by an increase in maritime traffic and exploitation of marine resources. Oceanographic predictions in the Antarctic are...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:62379 2023-05-15T13:47:36+02:00 Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season Smith, Gregory C. Allard, Richard Babin, Marcel Bertino, Laurent Chevallier, Matthieu Corlett, Gary Crout, Julia Davidson, Fraser Delille, Bruno Gille, Sarah T. Hebert, David Hyder, Patrick Intrieri, Janet Lagunas, Jose Larnicol, Gilles Kaminski, Thomas Kater, Belinda Kauker, Frank Marec, Claudie Mazloff, Matthew Metzger, E. Joseph Mordy, Calvin O'Carroll, Anne Olsen, Steffen M. Phelps, Michael Posey, Pamela Prandi, Pierre Rehm, Eric Reid, Phillip Rigor, Ignatius Sandven, Stein Shupe, Matthew Swart, Sebastiaan Smedstad, Ole Martin Solomon, Amy Storto, Andrea Thibaut, Pierre Toole, John Wood, Kevin Xie, Jiping Yang, Qinghua 2019-08 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62379/66650.pdf https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00429 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62379/ eng eng Frontiers Media Sa info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/727890/EU//INTAROS https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62379/66650.pdf doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00429 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62379/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media Sa), 2019-08 , Vol. 6 , N. 429 , P. 28p. polar observations operational oceanography ocean data assimilation ocean modeling forecasting sea ice air-sea-ice fluxes YOPP text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00429 2021-09-23T20:33:23Z There is a growing need for operational oceanographic predictions in both the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. In the former, this is driven by a declining ice cover accompanied by an increase in maritime traffic and exploitation of marine resources. Oceanographic predictions in the Antarctic are also important, both to support Antarctic operations and also to help elucidate processes governing sea ice and ice shelf stability. However, a significant gap exists in the ocean observing system in polar regions, compared to most areas of the global ocean, hindering the reliability of ocean and sea ice forecasts. This gap can also be seen from the spread in ocean and sea ice reanalyses for polar regions which provide an estimate of their uncertainty. The reduced reliability of polar predictions may affect the quality of various applications including search and rescue, coupling with numerical weather and seasonal predictions, historical reconstructions (reanalysis), aquaculture and environmental management including environmental emergency response. Here, we outline the status of existing near-real time ocean observational efforts in polar regions, discuss gaps, and explore perspectives for the future. Specific recommendations include a renewed call for open access to data, especially real-time data, as a critical capability for improved sea ice and weather forecasting and other environmental prediction needs. Dedicated efforts are also needed to make use of additional observations made as part of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP; 2017-2019) to inform optimal observing system design. To provide a polar extension to the Argo network, it is recommended that a network of ice-borne sea ice and upper-ocean observing buoys be deployed and supported operationally in ice-covered areas together with autonomous profiling floats and gliders (potentially with ice detection capability) in seasonally ice covered seas. Finally, additional efforts to better measure and parameterize surface exchanges in polar regions are much needed to improve coupled environmental prediction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Ice Shelf Sea ice ice covered areas Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic Frontiers in Marine Science 6 |
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There is a growing need for operational oceanographic predictions in both the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. In the former, this is driven by a declining ice cover accompanied by an increase in maritime traffic and exploitation of marine resources. Oceanographic predictions in the Antarctic are also important, both to support Antarctic operations and also to help elucidate processes governing sea ice and ice shelf stability. However, a significant gap exists in the ocean observing system in polar regions, compared to most areas of the global ocean, hindering the reliability of ocean and sea ice forecasts. This gap can also be seen from the spread in ocean and sea ice reanalyses for polar regions which provide an estimate of their uncertainty. The reduced reliability of polar predictions may affect the quality of various applications including search and rescue, coupling with numerical weather and seasonal predictions, historical reconstructions (reanalysis), aquaculture and environmental management including environmental emergency response. Here, we outline the status of existing near-real time ocean observational efforts in polar regions, discuss gaps, and explore perspectives for the future. Specific recommendations include a renewed call for open access to data, especially real-time data, as a critical capability for improved sea ice and weather forecasting and other environmental prediction needs. Dedicated efforts are also needed to make use of additional observations made as part of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP; 2017-2019) to inform optimal observing system design. To provide a polar extension to the Argo network, it is recommended that a network of ice-borne sea ice and upper-ocean observing buoys be deployed and supported operationally in ice-covered areas together with autonomous profiling floats and gliders (potentially with ice detection capability) in seasonally ice covered seas. Finally, additional efforts to better measure and parameterize surface exchanges in polar regions are much needed to improve coupled environmental prediction. |
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Smith, Gregory C. Allard, Richard Babin, Marcel Bertino, Laurent Chevallier, Matthieu Corlett, Gary Crout, Julia Davidson, Fraser Delille, Bruno Gille, Sarah T. Hebert, David Hyder, Patrick Intrieri, Janet Lagunas, Jose Larnicol, Gilles Kaminski, Thomas Kater, Belinda Kauker, Frank Marec, Claudie Mazloff, Matthew Metzger, E. Joseph Mordy, Calvin O'Carroll, Anne Olsen, Steffen M. Phelps, Michael Posey, Pamela Prandi, Pierre Rehm, Eric Reid, Phillip Rigor, Ignatius Sandven, Stein Shupe, Matthew Swart, Sebastiaan Smedstad, Ole Martin Solomon, Amy Storto, Andrea Thibaut, Pierre Toole, John Wood, Kevin Xie, Jiping Yang, Qinghua |
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Smith, Gregory C. Allard, Richard Babin, Marcel Bertino, Laurent Chevallier, Matthieu Corlett, Gary Crout, Julia Davidson, Fraser Delille, Bruno Gille, Sarah T. Hebert, David Hyder, Patrick Intrieri, Janet Lagunas, Jose Larnicol, Gilles Kaminski, Thomas Kater, Belinda Kauker, Frank Marec, Claudie Mazloff, Matthew Metzger, E. Joseph Mordy, Calvin O'Carroll, Anne Olsen, Steffen M. Phelps, Michael Posey, Pamela Prandi, Pierre Rehm, Eric Reid, Phillip Rigor, Ignatius Sandven, Stein Shupe, Matthew Swart, Sebastiaan Smedstad, Ole Martin Solomon, Amy Storto, Andrea Thibaut, Pierre Toole, John Wood, Kevin Xie, Jiping Yang, Qinghua |
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season |
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season |
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season |
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season |
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Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season |
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polar ocean observations: a critical gap in the observing system and its effect on environmental predictions from hours to a season |
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Frontiers In Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media Sa), 2019-08 , Vol. 6 , N. 429 , P. 28p. |
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