In situ ocean observations. A brief history, present status, and future directions.

International Geophysics

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-81

  Gould, John ^a   Sloyan, Bernadette ^b   Visbeck, Martin ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global ocean observing system; Ocean data; Ocean observation; OceanObs; Research ship; WOCE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886412181     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00003-9     Document Type: Chapter

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