FY 2005 Observing system research studies Harrison, D.E. In The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2004, NOAA/OGP/Office of Climate Observation, Section 3.19a, 187–189 (2005) This project supports the design and development of the global ocean observing system for climate through a variety of data analysis and modeling studies, intended to expand our knowledge about what we know and what we cannot know from the observing system as deployed and the historical data set that has been produced over the decades. It also supports the evolution of the observing system through evaluation of alternative observing strategies and evaluation of the differences between available ocean analysis products (taken as one measure of the uncertainty in the analysis products). Finally it supports the Office of Climate Observation and NOAA’s observing strategy through the PI’s activities as Chair of the Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (co-sponsored by the GOOS, GCOS and WCRP) and other sustained ocean observing leadership activities. Initial focus has been on SST variability since it is agreed to be the most important variable for climate impacts. Work with other variables will be expanded in the coming year as described below. Feature Publications | Outstanding Scientific Publications Contact Sandra Bigley | Help
