WOCE (cont.)
AIMS (Analysis Interpretation
Modelling Synthesis) phase 8, 9,
42, 42, 108, 109, 186, 525, 526,
556
boundary currents measurements 19,
20, 21
CO 2 global survey 489–520
Core Project 1 (Global Description) 38,
100
Core Project 2 (The Southern Ocean)
38
Core Project 3 (Gyre Dynamics) 38, 43,
49
data collection/assembly 526
data format issues 109
data quality 37, 39, 40–41, 106, 108
data-based analyses 542–544
atlases/climatologies 532–535
data management see WOCE data
system
data sets see WOCE data sets
large-scale circulation/water mass
descriptions 526–529
metadata 186
online data sources 526
process studies 529
quality assurance see Data quality
assurance
variability studies 529–532
data-sharing policy 39–41, 185
deep circulation quantification
259–260
float programme 123–139
flow variability scale studies 49, 51
global data system 181–190
global-scale activities 49, 50
goals 7, 37, 79, 105, 106, 190, 525,
586, 589
heat flux/transport observations 15,
456
hydrographic sections 99–102
see also WHP (WOCE Hydrographic
Programme)
implementation 41–42
Implementation Plan 3, 4, 36, 37, 39,
99
IWP (Intergovernmental Panel) 39
modelling activities 59, 77, 95, 189,
535
NEG (Numerical Experimentation
Group) 37–38, 42
observations 4–5, 58, 589–592
direct measurements 590–592
general strategy 589–590
meteorology 120–121
remote sensing 590
shipboard 99–122
ocean circulation as non-equilibrium
system 48, 51
planning
CCCO initiatives 33–36
Design Options Study Group 35–36
SCOR initiative 33, 34
SSG (Scientific Steering Group)
initiatives 36–41
regional programmes 49
Scientific Plan 3, 36, 99
SMWG (Synthesis and Modelling
Working Group) 42
standards/protocols 99
Surface Velocity Programme 128
synthesis phase 525–545
ocean state estimation 535–542,
544–545
temporal variability studies 105
tracer studies 433, 450, 451
WOCE Data Products Committee
183–185
WOCE Data Resource 185–186, 186,
189
WOCE data sets 95, 533–535
atmospheric circulation 558, 558–563
Global Data Set 189–190
hydrographic data 533
mean state of ocean 596
observational system design 542–544
online access 534, 535
representativeness 530, 557–558,
586–587
scale of variability 580–582
surface fluxes 534–535
tracer studies 90–91, 432, 444–446
upper ocean thermal fields 533–534
velocities 534
WOCE Data System 181–190, 184
adaptations 185
ADCPs (Acoustic Doppler Current
Profilers) 188
bathymetry 188
data archive 189
data streams 186
DIU (Data Information Unit) 186
DPC (Data Products Committee)
183–185
floats 188
hydrographic programme 186–187
in-situ sea-level data 188
international distribution of functional
units 186, 187
Internet uses 185
metadata 186
moored current meter arrays 188
primary functions 183
satellite measurements 188
surface drifter data 187
surface meteorology/air-sea flux 188
surface salinity 188
upper ocean thermal data 187–188
WOCE Global Data Set 189–190
WOCE Hydrographic Programme
see WHP
Working Group on Air–Sea Fluxes
see WGASF
World Climate Research Programme
see WCRP
World Data Centre 39
World Meteorological Organization
see WMO
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
see WOCE
WSBW (Weddell Sea Bottom Water) 295,
334, 447
WSDW (Weddell Sea Deep Water) 265,
266, 295, 296
Wyrtki Jets 233, 236, 237, 242
Wyville–Thomson ridge 401
XBTs (Expendable Bathythermographs)
4, 50, 150, 215, 526, 588, 590,
591
ACC (Antarctic Circumpolar Current)
observations 277
altimeter sea level data relation 157
data assimilation 539
data management 40, 181
high-density lines 102, 102
interannual variability measurements
532
models evaluation 64
ocean variability studies 530, 531
tropical Pacific Ocean 222
upper ocean thermal field data sets
533, 534
WOCE Data System 187–188
z-coordinate models 81, 90, 344
Zonal equatorial currents 18
Zonal jets 349
INDEX
712
AIMS (Analysis Interpretation
Modelling Synthesis) phase 8, 9,
42, 42, 108, 109, 186, 525, 526,
556
boundary currents measurements 19,
20, 21
CO 2 global survey 489–520
Core Project 1 (Global Description) 38,
100
Core Project 2 (The Southern Ocean)
38
Core Project 3 (Gyre Dynamics) 38, 43,
49
data collection/assembly 526
data format issues 109
data quality 37, 39, 40–41, 106, 108
data-based analyses 542–544
atlases/climatologies 532–535
data management see WOCE data
system
data sets see WOCE data sets
large-scale circulation/water mass
descriptions 526–529
metadata 186
online data sources 526
process studies 529
quality assurance see Data quality
assurance
variability studies 529–532
data-sharing policy 39–41, 185
deep circulation quantification
259–260
float programme 123–139
flow variability scale studies 49, 51
global data system 181–190
global-scale activities 49, 50
goals 7, 37, 79, 105, 106, 190, 525,
586, 589
heat flux/transport observations 15,
456
hydrographic sections 99–102
see also WHP (WOCE Hydrographic
Programme)
implementation 41–42
Implementation Plan 3, 4, 36, 37, 39,
99
IWP (Intergovernmental Panel) 39
modelling activities 59, 77, 95, 189,
535
NEG (Numerical Experimentation
Group) 37–38, 42
observations 4–5, 58, 589–592
direct measurements 590–592
general strategy 589–590
meteorology 120–121
remote sensing 590
shipboard 99–122
ocean circulation as non-equilibrium
system 48, 51
planning
CCCO initiatives 33–36
Design Options Study Group 35–36
SCOR initiative 33, 34
SSG (Scientific Steering Group)
initiatives 36–41
regional programmes 49
Scientific Plan 3, 36, 99
SMWG (Synthesis and Modelling
Working Group) 42
standards/protocols 99
Surface Velocity Programme 128
synthesis phase 525–545
ocean state estimation 535–542,
544–545
temporal variability studies 105
tracer studies 433, 450, 451
WOCE Data Products Committee
183–185
WOCE Data Resource 185–186, 186,
189
WOCE data sets 95, 533–535
atmospheric circulation 558, 558–563
Global Data Set 189–190
hydrographic data 533
mean state of ocean 596
observational system design 542–544
online access 534, 535
representativeness 530, 557–558,
586–587
scale of variability 580–582
surface fluxes 534–535
tracer studies 90–91, 432, 444–446
upper ocean thermal fields 533–534
velocities 534
WOCE Data System 181–190, 184
adaptations 185
ADCPs (Acoustic Doppler Current
Profilers) 188
bathymetry 188
data archive 189
data streams 186
DIU (Data Information Unit) 186
DPC (Data Products Committee)
183–185
floats 188
hydrographic programme 186–187
in-situ sea-level data 188
international distribution of functional
units 186, 187
Internet uses 185
metadata 186
moored current meter arrays 188
primary functions 183
satellite measurements 188
surface drifter data 187
surface meteorology/air-sea flux 188
surface salinity 188
upper ocean thermal data 187–188
WOCE Global Data Set 189–190
WOCE Hydrographic Programme
see WHP
Working Group on Air–Sea Fluxes
see WGASF
World Climate Research Programme
see WCRP
World Data Centre 39
World Meteorological Organization
see WMO
World Ocean Circulation Experiment
see WOCE
WSBW (Weddell Sea Bottom Water) 295,
334, 447
WSDW (Weddell Sea Deep Water) 265,
266, 295, 296
Wyrtki Jets 233, 236, 237, 242
Wyville–Thomson ridge 401
XBTs (Expendable Bathythermographs)
4, 50, 150, 215, 526, 588, 590,
591
ACC (Antarctic Circumpolar Current)
observations 277
altimeter sea level data relation 157
data assimilation 539
data management 40, 181
high-density lines 102, 102
interannual variability measurements
532
models evaluation 64
ocean variability studies 530, 531
tropical Pacific Ocean 222
upper ocean thermal field data sets
533, 534
WOCE Data System 187–188
z-coordinate models 81, 90, 344
Zonal equatorial currents 18
Zonal jets 349
INDEX
712