Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/12627

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Oceanography in 2025

Proceedings of a Workshop

(2009)

On January 8 and 9, 2009, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research, hosted the "Oceanography in 2025" workshop. The goal of the workshop was to bring together scientists, engineers, and technologists to explore future directions in oceanography, with an emphasis on physical processes. The focus centered on research and technology needs, trends, and barriers that may impact the field of oceanography over the next 16 years, and highlighted specific areas of interest: submesoscale processes, air-sea interactions, basic and applied research, instrumentation and vehicles, ocean infrastructure, and education.

To guide the white papers and drive discussions, four questions were posed to participants:

What research questions could be answered?

What will remain unanswered?

What new technologies could be developed?

How will research be conducted?

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Ocean Studies Board; Committee on Oceanography in 2025: A Workshop; Deborah Glickson, Editor

Topics

Earth Sciences —Ocean Studies

Suggested Citation

National Research Council. 2009. Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12627.

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Publication Info

198 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-13745-4
Ebook: 978-0-309-17739-9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12627

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xii
Introduction and Goals--Linwood Vincent	1-2
Integrated Oceanography in 2025--John J. Cullen	3-5
Oceanography in 2028--Mark Abbott	6-10
The Changing Relationship Between Humans and the Ocean--J. G. Bellingham	11-13
Societal Implications for Ocean Research in 2025--Matthew Alford	14-16
Oceanography in 2025: Responding to Growing Populations on a Rapidly Changing Planet--Scott Glenn	17-21
Some Thoughts on Physical Oceanography in 2025--Ken Melville	22-25
The Next-Generation Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean-Ice-Land Models for Ocean Research and Prediction--Shuyi S. Chen	26-27
Science in Action, Episode 1: Exploring Boundaries--Meghan F. Cronin	28-30
Real Time Decision Support Everywhere--Nathaniel G. Plant	31-35
Trends in Oceanography: More Data, More People, More Relevance--J. Thomson	36-38
Future Developments to Observational Physical Oceanography--Tom Sanford	39-42
Prospects for Oceanography in 2025--Michael Gregg	43-45
Oceanography in 2025--John Orcutt	46-48
Thoughts on Oceanography in 2025--Daniel Rudnick	49-51
The Role of Observations in the Future of Oceanography--Raffaele Ferrari	52-54
The Future . . . One More Time--Rob Pinkel	55-57
The Role of Acoustics in Ocean Observing Systems--Peter Worcester and Walter Munk	58-62
Oceanography in 2025--Walter Munk	63-64
Physical Oceanography in 2025--Chris Garrett	65-67
A Vision of Future Physical Oceanography Research--James J. O'Brien	68-69
Some Thoughts on Logistics, Mixing, and Power--J. N. Moum	70-72
Ageostrophic Circulation in the Ocean--Peter Niiler	73-76
The Future of Ocean Modeling--Sonya Legg, Alistair Adcroft, Whit Anderson, V. Balaji, John Dunne, Stephen Griffies, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison, Isaac Held, Tony Rosati, Robbie Toggweiler, Geoff Vallis, and Laurent White	77-80
Towards Nonhydrostatic Ocean Modeling with Large-eddy Simulation--Oliver B. Fringer	81-83
Simulations of Marine Turbulence and Surface Waves: Potential Impacts of Petascale Technology--Peter P. Sullivan	84-88
Computational Simulation and Submesoscale Variability--James C. McWilliams	89-91
Ocean Measurements from Space in 2025--A. Freeman	92-97
Future of Nearshore Processes Research--Rob Holman	98-100
Future Directions in Nearshore Oceanography--H. Tuba Özkan-Haller	101-103
Science Strategies for the Arctic Ocean--Mary-Louise Timmermans	104-106
Submesoscale Variability of the Upper Ocean: Patchy and Episodic Fluxes Into and Through Biologically Active Layers--Daniel Rudnick, Mary Jane Perry, John J. Cullen, Bess Ward, and Kenneth S. Johnson	107-110
Who's Blooming? Toward an Understanding of Why Certain Species Dominate Phytoplankton Blooms--Mary Jane Perry, Michael Sieracki, Bess Ward, and Alan Weidemann	111-114
Understanding Phytoplankton Bloom Development--Bess Ward and Mary Jane Perry	115-117
From Short Food Chains to Complex Interaction Webs: Biological Oceanography in 2025--Kelly J. Benoit-Bird	118-120
The Interface Between Biological and Physical Processes--Mark Abbott	121-123
Research on Higher Trophic Levels--Daniel P. Costa, Yann Tremblay, and Sean Hayes	124-129
Marine Biogeochemistry in 2025--Kenneth S. Johnson	130-134
Next-Generation Oceanographic Sensors for Short-Term Prediction/Verification of In-water Optical Conditions--Mark L. Wells	135-137
Evolution of Autonomous Platform for Sustained Ocean Observations--Russ E. Davis	138-140
Toward an Interdisciplinary Ocean Observing System in 2025--Eric D'Asaro	141-143
Small Scale Ocean Dynamics in 2025--Jonathan Nash	144-145
Oceanography in 2025--Dana R. Yoerger	146-149
The Research Vessel Problem--J. N. Moum, Eric D'Asaro, Mary-Louise Timmermans, and Peter Niiler	150-152
"Ocean Mapping" in 2025--Larry Mayer	153-156
Seismic Oceanography: Imaging Oceanic Finestructure with Reflection Seismology--W. Steven Holbrook	157-162
The Ocean Planet 2.0: A Vision for 2025--Justin Manley	163-165
Force Projection Through the Littoral Zone: Optical Considerations--Kendall Carder	166-170
Large Scale Phase-resolved Simulations of Ocean Surface Waves--Yuming Liu and Dick K.P. Yue	171-176
Appendixes	177-178
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda	179-180
Appendix B: Workshop Participants	181-186

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