Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Newman, Louise, Heil, Petra, Trebilco, Rowan, Katsumata, Katsuro, Constable, Andrew, van Wijk, Esmee, Assmann, Karen, Beja, Joana, Bricher, Phillippa, Coleman, Richard, Costa, Daniel P., Diggs, Stephen, Farneti, Riccardo, Fawcett, Sarah E., Gille, Sarah T., Hendry, Katharine R., Henley, Sian, Hofmann, Eileen E., Maksym, Ted, Mazloff, Matthew R., Meijers, Andrew J. S., Meredith, Michael M., Moreau, Sebastien, Ozsoy, Burcu, Robertson, Robin, Schloss, Irene, Schofield, Oscar M. E., Shi, Jiuxin, Sikes, Elisabeth L., Smith, Inga J., Swart, Sebastiaan, Wahlin, Anna, Williams, Guy, Williams, Michael J. M., Herraiz-Borreguero, Laura, Kern, Stefan, Lieser, Jan, Massom, Robert A., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Miloslavich, Patricia, Spreen, Gunnar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media 2019
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; observations; modeling; ocean–climate interactions; ecosystem-based management; long-term monitoring; international coordination; Hofmann; Meredith
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/24683

© The Author(s), 2019. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Newman, L., Heil, P., Trebilco, R., Katsumata, K., Constable, A., van Wijk, E., Assmann, K., Beja, J., Bricher, P., Colemans, R., Costa, D., Diggs, S., Farneti, R., Fawcett, S., Gille, S. T., Hendry, K. R., Henley, S., Hofmann, E., Maksym, T., MazIoff, M., Meijers, A., Meredith, M. M., Moreau, S., Ozsor, B., Robertson, R., Schloss, I., Schofield, O., Shi, J., Sikes, E., Smith, I. J., Swart, S., Wahlin, A., Williams, G., Williams, M. J. M., Herraiz-Borreguero, L., Kern, S., Liesers, J., Massom, R. A., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Miloslavich, P., & Spreen, G. Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, (2019): 433, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00433. The Southern Ocean is disproportionately important in its effect on the Earth system, impacting climatic, biogeochemical, and ecological systems, which makes recent observed changes to this system cause for global concern. The enhanced understanding and improvements in predictive skill needed for understanding and projecting future states of the Southern Ocean require sustained observations. Over the last decade, the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) has established networks for enhancing regional coordination and research community groups to advance development of observing system capabilities. These networks support delivery of the SOOS 20-year vision, which is to develop a circumpolar system that ensures time series of key variables, and delivers the greatest impact from data to all key end-users. Although the Southern Ocean remains one of the least-observed ocean regions, enhanced international coordination and advances in autonomous platforms have resulted in progress toward sustained observations of this region. Since 2009, the Southern Ocean community has deployed over 5700 observational platforms south of 40°S. ...