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Appendix E: Time-series Group Global Observatory Sites
Pages 216-220

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From page 216...
... meteorology, physical x 36N 70W recommended Gulf Stream extension flux reference x x 30N 42W planned (DEOS) North Atlantic DEOS, geophysics, meteorology, physical, biogeochemical x 33N 22W operating (IfMK)
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From page 217...
... meteorology, physical x ON 20W recommended biogeochemical sensors on existing PIRATA mooring x 10S 10W recommended flux reference on existing PIRATA mooring x 31S 39W planned (WHOI, VEMA channel, physical If MK) x x 35S 15W recommended South Atlantic DEOS, (DEOS)
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From page 218...
... x 20N 115E planned (Taiwan) South China Sea x 2N 156E recommended Warm Pool flux reference on existing TAO/TRITON mooring x x ON 165E recommended flux & biogeochemical sensors on existing TAO/TRITON mooring x x ON 145W observatory flux & biogeochemical sensors operating on existing TAO/TRITON (MBARI)
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From page 219...
... locations, physical Southern Ocean Sites Latitude/ OB FL TR Longitude Status Remarks x 42S 9E recommended SW of Cape Town, meteorology x 55S OE operating Weddell Sea, physical, several (AWI, Norway) moorings x 63S 42.5 W operating Weddell Sea, bottom water, (LDEO)
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From page 220...
... ; and data from Robert Weller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Uwe Send, Institut fur Meereskunde, Kiel, Germany, personal communication, 2003 (Weller and Send are the co-chairs of the International Time-Series Science Team. An International TimeSeries Science Team white paper is currently being written on this topic and is available online: http://ocean-partners.org~Ssite/index.htm.
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Key Terms

  • flux reference
  • indian ocean
  • ocean sites
  • biogeochemical sensors
  • pirata mooring

  • pacific deos
  • atlantic deos
  • existing pirata
  • triton mooring
  • weddell sea

  • transport x
  • south pacific
  • northwest pacific
  • pacific ocean
  • canary islands

  • western site
  • eastern site
  • pool flux
  • china sea
  • indonesian throughflow

  • nautical miles
  • strait transport
  • passage transport
  • central irminger
  • south china

  • warm pool
  • mbari deep
  • porcupine abyssal
  • kerguelen fixed
  • malvinas confluence


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