Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems
Nagai, Takeyoshi; Arístegui, Javier; Archer, Matthew; Beal, Lisa M.; Plas, Anja K. van der; Volkov, Denis; Muglia, Mike; Phillips, Helen E.; Dengler, Marcus; Rodrigues, Regina R.; Shannon, Lynne; Campos, Edmo; Lin, Xiaopei; Escribano, Ruben; Rudnick, Daniel L.; Rykaczewski, Ryan R.; Davis, Russ E.; Brandt, Peter; Goes, Marlos; Dong, Shenfu; Graco, Michelle; Krug, Marjorlaine; Lacan, François; Cronin, Meghan F.; Balmaseda, Magdalena; Ito, Shin-ichi; Sloyan, Bernadette M.; Feng, Ming; Sprintall, Janet; Zhang, Linlin; Curchitser, Enrique N.; Barth, John A.; Seim, Harvey; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Cirano, Mauro; Baringer, Molly O.; Zilberman, Nathalie V.; Gupta, Alex Sen; Gutiérrez, Dimitri; Calil, Paulo H. R.; Hummels, Rebecca; Thompson, LuAnne; Chavez, Francisco P.; Bane, John M.; deYoung, Brad; Hebert, Dave; Centurioni, Luca R.; Montes, Ivonne; Wilkin, John; Sutton, Adrienne J.; Fassbender, Andrea J.; Fawcett, Sarah E.; Lengaigne, Matthieu; Lee, Craig M.; Qiu, Bo; Levine, Naomi M.; Piola, Alberto; Middleton, John; Cravatte, Sophie; Laurindo, Lucas; Todd, Robert E.; Zhang, Dongxiao; Saraceno, Martin; Clayton, Sophie; Roughan, Moninya; Palter, Jaime B.; Palevsky, Hilary I.; Lazar, Alban; Gray, Alison R.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Chidichimo, Maria Paz
Ocean boundary current systems are key components of the climate system, are home
to highly productive ecosystems, and have numerous societal impacts. Establishment
of a global network of boundary current observing systems is a critical part of ongoing
development of the Global Ocean Observing System. The characteristics of boundary
current systems are reviewed, focusing on scientific and societal motivations for
sustained observing. Techniques currently used to observe boundary current systems
are reviewed, followed by a census of the current state of boundary current observing
systems globally. The next steps in the development of boundary current observing
systems are considered, leading to several specific recommendations.