Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Todd, Robert E., Chavez, Francisco P., Clayton, Sophie, Cravatte, Sophie, Goes, Marlos, Greco, Michelle, Ling, Xiaopei, Sprintall, Janet, Zilberman, Nathalie, V, Archer, Matthew, Aristegui, Javier, Balmaseda, Magdalena, Bane, John M., Baringer, Molly O., Barth, John A., Beal, Lisa M., Brandt, Peter, Calil, Paulo H. R., Campos, Edmo, Centurioni, Luca R., Chidichimo, Maria Paz, Cirano, Mauro, Cronin, Meghan F., Curchitser, Enrique N., Davis, Russ E., Dengler, Marcus, deYoung, Brad, Dong, Shenfu, Escribano, Ruben, Fassbender, Andrea J., Fawcett, Sarah E., Feng, Ming, Goni, Gustavo J., Gray, Alison R., Gutierrez, Dimitri, Hebert, Dave, Hummels, Rebecca, Ito, Shin-ichi, Krug, Marjorlaine, Lacan, Francois, Laurindo, Lucas, Lazar, Alban, Lee, Craig M., Lengaigne, Matthieu, Levine, Naomi M., Middleton, John, Montes, Ivonne, Muglia, Mike, Nagai, Takeyoshi, Palevsky, Hilary, I, Palter, Jaime B., Phillips, Helen E., Piola, Alberto, Plueddemann, Albert J., Qiu, Bo, Rodrigues, Regina R., Roughan, Moninya, Rudnick, Daniel L., Rykaczewski, Ryan R., Saraceno, Martin, Seim, Harvey, Sen Gupta, Alex, Shannon, Lynne, Sloyan, Bernadette M., Sutton, Adrienne J., Thompson, LuAnne, van der Plas, Anja K., Volkov, Denis, Wilkin, John, Zhang, Dongxiao, Zhang, Linlin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: 2510 Oceanografía; East Australian Current; California Current System; Meridional Overturning Circulation; Sea-Surface Temperature; Humboldt Current System; Subtropical Mode Water; North-Atlantic Ocean; Current Transport Variability; Florida Current Transport; Frequency Internal Waves; Western boundary current systems; Eastern boundary current systems; Ocean observing systems; Time series; Autonomous underwater gliders; Drifters; Remote sensing; Moorings; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/58424; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00423

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.