The vision for a Southern Ocean Observing System

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 306-313

  Meredith, Michael P ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^b   Newman, Louise ^c   Urban, Ed ^d   Sparrow, Michael ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; EOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; VISION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84884533703     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.03.002     Document Type: Review

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