2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Integrating continuous observatory data from the coast to the abyss: Assembling a multidisciplinary view of the ocean in four dimensions
Authors : M. M. R. Best, C. R. Barnes, B. D. Bornhold, S. K. Juniper
Published in: SEAFLOOR OBSERVATORIES
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The world ocean covers over 70% of our planet and comprises over 95% of the living space. It is the dynamic engine of Earth, driving energy transport and elemental cycles of the globe. It is also the integrator between what are (on average) the fast processes of the atmosphere and the slower processes of the earth’s crust. A key hurdle in coming to grips with understanding this earth-ocean-atmosphere system is the range of spatial and temporal scales at which processes occur, their complex interconnectedness and, in many cases, their catastrophic episodicity.