RT Journal Article
T1 More Than 50 Years of Successful Continuous Temperature Section Measurements by the Global Expendable Bathythermograph Network, Its Integrability, Societal Benefits, and Future
A1 Goni, Gustavo Jorge
A1 Sprintall, Janet
A1 Bringas, Francis
A1 Cirano, Mauro
A1 Dong, Shenfu
A1 Domingues, Ricardo
A1 Goes, Marlos
A1 Lopez, Hosmay
A1 Morrow, Rosemary
A1 Rivero, Ulises
A1 Rossby, Thomas
A1 Todd, Robert E.
A1 Triñanes Fernández, Joaquín Ángel
A1 Zilberman, Nathalie
A1 Baringer, Molly
A1 Boyer, Tim
A1 Cowley, Rebecca
A1 Domingues, Catia M.
A1 Hutchinson, Katherine
A1 Kramp, Martin
A1 Mata, Mauricio M.
A1 Reseghetti, Franco
A1 Sun, Charles
A1 Bhaskar TVS, Udaya
A1 Volkov, Denis
K1 Expendable bathythermographs
K1 Surface currents
K1 Subsurface currents
K1 Meridional heat transport
K1 Ocean heat content
K1 Sea level
K1 Extreme weather
AB The first eXpendable BathyThermographs (XBTs) were deployed in the 1960s in the North Atlantic Ocean. In 1967 XBTs were deployed in operational mode to provide a continuous record of temperature profile data along repeated transects, now known as the Global XBT Network. The current network is designed to monitor ocean circulation and boundary current variability, basin-wide and trans-basin ocean heat transport, and global and regional heat content. The ability of the XBT Network to systematically map the upper ocean thermal field in multiple basins with repeated trans-basin sections at eddy-resolving scales remains unmatched today and cannot be reproduced at present by any other observing platform. Some repeated XBT transects have now been continuously occupied for more than 30 years, providing an unprecedented long-term climate record of temperature, and geostrophic velocity profiles that are used to understand variability in ocean heat content (OHC), sea level change, and meridional ocean heat transport. Here, we present key scientific advances in understanding the changing ocean and climate system supported by XBT observations. Improvement in XBT data quality and its impact on computations, particularly of OHC, are presented. Technology development for probes, launchers, and transmission techniques are also discussed. Finally, we offer new perspectives for the future of the Global XBT Network
PB Frontiers Media
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21164
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/21164
LA eng
NO Goni GJ, Sprintall J, Bringas F, Cheng L, Cirano M, Dong S, Domingues R, Goes M, Lopez H, Morrow R, Rivero U, Rossby T, Todd RE, Trinanes J, Zilberman N, Baringer M, Boyer T, Cowley R, Domingues CM, Hutchinson K, Kramp M, Mata MM, Reseghetti F, Sun C, Bhaskar TVS U and Volkov D (2019) More Than 50 Years of Successful Continuous Temperature Section Measurements by the Global Expendable Bathythermograph Network, Its Integrability, Societal Benefits, and Future. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:452
NO GG, FB, SD, UR, MB, RD, and DV were supported by a grant from the NOAA/Ocean Observing and Monitoring Division (OOMD) and by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). The participation of JS and NZ in this study was supported by NOAA's Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program through Award NA15OAR4320071 and NSF Award 1542902. CD was funded by the Australian Research Council (FT130101532 and DP160103130); the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) Working Group 148, funded by national SCOR committees and a grant to SCOR from the U.S. National Science Foundation (Grant OCE-1546580); and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO/International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IOC/IODE) IQuOD Steering Group. LC was supported by 2016YFC1401800
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