Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade
Ocean surface winds, currents, and waves play a crucial role in exchanges of momentum, energy, heat, freshwater, gases, and other tracers between the ocean, atmosphere, and ice. Despite surface waves being strongly coupled to the upper ocean circulation and the overlying atmosphere, efforts to impro...
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| author | Ana B. Villas Bôas Fabrice Ardhuin Alex Ayet Alex Ayet Mark A. Bourassa Peter Brandt Peter Brandt Betrand Chapron Bruce D. Cornuelle J. T. Farrar Melanie R. Fewings Baylor Fox-Kemper Sarah T. Gille Christine Gommenginger Patrick Heimbach Momme C. Hell Qing Li Matthew R. Mazloff Sophia T. Merrifield Alexis Mouche Marie H. Rio Ernesto Rodriguez Jamie D. Shutler Aneesh C. Subramanian Eric J. Terrill Michel Tsamados Clement Ubelmann Erik van Sebille |
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| description | Ocean surface winds, currents, and waves play a crucial role in exchanges of momentum, energy, heat, freshwater, gases, and other tracers between the ocean, atmosphere, and ice. Despite surface waves being strongly coupled to the upper ocean circulation and the overlying atmosphere, efforts to improve ocean, atmospheric, and wave observations and models have evolved somewhat independently. From an observational point of view, community efforts to bridge this gap have led to proposals for satellite Doppler oceanography mission concepts, which could provide unprecedented measurements of absolute surface velocity and directional wave spectrum at global scales. This paper reviews the present state of observations of surface winds, currents, and waves, and it outlines observational gaps that limit our current understanding of coupled processes that happen at the air-sea-ice interface. A significant challenge for the coming decade of wind, current, and wave observations will come in combining and interpreting measurements from (a) wave-buoys and high-frequency radars in coastal regions, (b) surface drifters and wave-enabled drifters in the open-ocean, marginal ice zones, and wave-current interaction “hot-spots,” and (c) simultaneous measurements of absolute surface currents, ocean surface wind vector, and directional wave spectrum from Doppler satellite sensors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6cd97adfeef4d088e480c39ab790b862022-12-21T23:47:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452019-07-01610.3389/fmars.2019.00425434339Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next DecadeAna B. Villas Bôas0Fabrice Ardhuin1Alex Ayet2Alex Ayet3Mark A. Bourassa4Peter Brandt5Peter Brandt6Betrand Chapron7Bruce D. Cornuelle8J. T. Farrar9Melanie R. Fewings10Baylor Fox-Kemper11Sarah T. Gille12Christine Gommenginger13Patrick Heimbach14Momme C. Hell15Qing Li16Matthew R. Mazloff17Sophia T. Merrifield18Alexis Mouche19Marie H. Rio20Ernesto Rodriguez21Jamie D. Shutler22Aneesh C. Subramanian23Eric J. Terrill24Michel Tsamados25Clement Ubelmann26Erik van Sebille27Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesLaboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, IUEM, Brest, FranceLaboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, IUEM, Brest, FranceLMD/IPSL, École Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University, Paris, FranceCOAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United StatesGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, GermanyChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel, GermanyLaboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, IUEM, Brest, FranceScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesCollege of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United StatesLos Alamos National Laboratory (DOE), Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States0National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom1Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, United StatesScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesLos Alamos National Laboratory (DOE), Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesLaboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, IUEM, Brest, France2Department of Earth Observation Projects, European Space Agency, Paris, France3Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States4Centre for Geography and Environmental Science, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States5Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Earth Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom6CLS, Toulouse, France7Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsOcean surface winds, currents, and waves play a crucial role in exchanges of momentum, energy, heat, freshwater, gases, and other tracers between the ocean, atmosphere, and ice. Despite surface waves being strongly coupled to the upper ocean circulation and the overlying atmosphere, efforts to improve ocean, atmospheric, and wave observations and models have evolved somewhat independently. From an observational point of view, community efforts to bridge this gap have led to proposals for satellite Doppler oceanography mission concepts, which could provide unprecedented measurements of absolute surface velocity and directional wave spectrum at global scales. This paper reviews the present state of observations of surface winds, currents, and waves, and it outlines observational gaps that limit our current understanding of coupled processes that happen at the air-sea-ice interface. A significant challenge for the coming decade of wind, current, and wave observations will come in combining and interpreting measurements from (a) wave-buoys and high-frequency radars in coastal regions, (b) surface drifters and wave-enabled drifters in the open-ocean, marginal ice zones, and wave-current interaction “hot-spots,” and (c) simultaneous measurements of absolute surface currents, ocean surface wind vector, and directional wave spectrum from Doppler satellite sensors.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00425/fullair-sea interactionsDoppler oceanography from spacesurface wavesabsolute surface velocityocean surface winds |
| spellingShingle | Ana B. Villas Bôas Fabrice Ardhuin Alex Ayet Alex Ayet Mark A. Bourassa Peter Brandt Peter Brandt Betrand Chapron Bruce D. Cornuelle J. T. Farrar Melanie R. Fewings Baylor Fox-Kemper Sarah T. Gille Christine Gommenginger Patrick Heimbach Momme C. Hell Qing Li Matthew R. Mazloff Sophia T. Merrifield Alexis Mouche Marie H. Rio Ernesto Rodriguez Jamie D. Shutler Aneesh C. Subramanian Eric J. Terrill Michel Tsamados Clement Ubelmann Erik van Sebille Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade Frontiers in Marine Science air-sea interactions Doppler oceanography from space surface waves absolute surface velocity ocean surface winds |
| title | Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade |
| title_full | Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade |
| title_fullStr | Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade |
| title_short | Integrated Observations of Global Surface Winds, Currents, and Waves: Requirements and Challenges for the Next Decade |
| title_sort | integrated observations of global surface winds currents and waves requirements and challenges for the next decade |
| topic | air-sea interactions Doppler oceanography from space surface waves absolute surface velocity ocean surface winds |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00425/full |
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