Scientific Design for the Common Module of the Global Ocean Observing System and the Global Climate Observing System: An Ocean Observing System for Climate

摘要

The report was prepared by the Ocean Observing System Development Panel (OOSDP). This panel was appointed in 1990 jointly by the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC), sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization and the International Council of Scientific Unions, and the Committee for Climatic Changes and the Ocean (CCCO), sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research-International Council of Scientific Unions. Following the dissolution of the CCCO, the panel has reported to the JSC and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. This report is submitted to the Global Ocean Observing System and the Global Climate Observing System as the initial scientific design for the ocean observing system for climate. The organization of this abstract mirrors that of the full report, although the balance between sections is not maintained.