Endowments and New Institutions for Long-Term Observation
An ever-increasing volume of publications on the changing ocean environment underscores the requirement for long-term observations to understand and predict ocean and climate change. Such observations must be globally distributed and carried out over long time periods. But a means of obtaining those...
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| author | Baker, D. James Schmitt, Raymond W. Wunsch, Carl Isaac |
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| description | An ever-increasing volume of publications on the changing ocean environment underscores the requirement for long-term observations to understand and predict ocean and climate change. Such observations must be globally distributed and carried out over long time periods. But a means of obtaining those observations—particularly in the ocean—is not in place today. There is no global system of routinely funded, long-term, high-quality measurements to provide the necessary understanding of climate in general and the ocean in particular. The scientific literature is full of examples of tantalizing short records that do not illuminate the physical problems. Long-term biological measurements are in an even more limited state of development. With society demanding better forecasts, and the need to quantify the human role in climate change, it is more important than ever that we find ways to establish the necessary institutional basis for and achieve the proper levels of funding for long-term measurements. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/717762024-05-15T03:26:33Z Endowments and New Institutions for Long-Term Observation Baker, D. James Schmitt, Raymond W. Wunsch, Carl Isaac Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Wunsch, Carl Wunsch, Carl An ever-increasing volume of publications on the changing ocean environment underscores the requirement for long-term observations to understand and predict ocean and climate change. Such observations must be globally distributed and carried out over long time periods. But a means of obtaining those observations—particularly in the ocean—is not in place today. There is no global system of routinely funded, long-term, high-quality measurements to provide the necessary understanding of climate in general and the ocean in particular. The scientific literature is full of examples of tantalizing short records that do not illuminate the physical problems. Long-term biological measurements are in an even more limited state of development. With society demanding better forecasts, and the need to quantify the human role in climate change, it is more important than ever that we find ways to establish the necessary institutional basis for and achieve the proper levels of funding for long-term measurements. 2012-07-24T14:26:54Z 2012-07-24T14:26:54Z 2007 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1042-8275 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71776 Baker, D. James, Raymond Schmitt, and Carl Wunsch. “COMMENTARY | Endowments and New Institutions for Long-Term Observation.” Oceanography 20.4 (2007): 10–14. Copyright 2007 by The Oceanography Society https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6808-3664 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2007.19 Oceanography Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf The Oceanography Society The Oceanography Society |
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| title_short | Endowments and New Institutions for Long-Term Observation |
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