The ocean observing community has been hard at work writing and reviewing community white papers aimed at addressing the key issues and future decadal goals of ocean observing. These peer-reviewed articles are being published in a special issue of Frontiers in Marine Science under the topic OceanObs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. Out of the 140 papers currently published or under review for this special issue, 63 of them have contributions from OOMD team members or affiliated PI authors, with 16 of them being lead authors.
The articles included in this special issue describe visions and aspirations for the coming decade related to new and improved synergies between end users and providers of ocean observations, opportunities for more integration at the global and regional level, and advancing the different societal benefits identified. These have focused the conferences 7 societal benefit themes (Discovery, Ecosystem health & Biodiversity, Climate Variability & Change, Water Food & Energy Security, Pollution & Human Health, Hazards & Maritime Safety, and Blue Economy) and overarching themes of governance, interoperability, integration and information.
Peer-reviewed Papers in the OceanObs’19 Special Issue with OOMD Co-Authors:
- Adequacy of the Ocean Observation System for Quantifying Regional Heat and Freshwater Storage and Change (David M Legler – OOMD)
- What We Have Learned From the Framework for Ocean Observing: Evolution of the Global Ocean Observing System (David M Legler – OOMD)
- Measuring Global Ocean Heat Content to Estimate the Earth Energy Imbalance (David M Legler – OOMD)
- The Joint IOC (of UNESCO) and WMO Collaborative Effort for Met-Ocean Services (David M Legler, Shelby Brunner – OOMD)
- A Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), Delivered Through Enhanced Collaboration Across Regions, Communities, and New Technologies (David M Legler – OOMD)
- The Role of Stakeholders in Creating Societal Value From Coastal and Ocean Observations(David M Legler-OOMD)
- Tropical Pacific Observing System (Shelby Brunner – OOMD)
- Treading Water: Tools to Help US Coastal Communities Plan for Sea Level Rise Impacts (Emily Smith-OOMD)
