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TI Waves and Operational Oceanography: Toward a Coherent Description of the Upper Ocean
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AF ARDHUIN, Fabrice
   JENKINS, A
   HAUSER, D
   RENIERS, A
   CHAPRON, Bertrand
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-6330.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB The availability of new operational services for ocean circulation modeling presents a unique opportunity to rethink the operational forecasting of ocean waves and how circulation and waves may be combined to provide a better understanding of the upper ocean and enhanced services to society. The large-scale oil spill caused by the wreck of the tanker Prestige off the Spanish coast in November 2002, and uncertainties on the fate of that pollution, illustrated the gaps in means of observations and knowledge of relevant processes. The idea of a coupled atmosphere-waves-ocean model was proposed by Klaus Hasselmann [Hasselmann, 1991], in the context of climate modeling. As waves are the "gearbox" between the atmosphere and the ocean, a detailed understanding of waves can significantly improve the parameterization of air-sea fluxes and surface processes. Besides, Earth observation systems rely extensively on satellite remote sensing techniques for surface winds, temperature, sea level, ocean color, and sea ice, all affected by surface waves. Hasselmann viewed the future of wave modeling as the development of this central gearbox of a general Earth observation and monitoring system, providing fluxes between ocean and atmosphere in a way consistent with satellite observations. This vision, though slow to materialize, is highly relevant for short-term forecasting in the coastal ocean.
PY 2005
SO EOS Transactions
PU American Geophysical Union
VL 86
IS 4
BP 37
EP 44
DI 10.1029/2005EO040001
ID 6330
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