Ocean Observation Technologies: A Review

Covering about three quarters of the surface area of the earth, the ocean is a critical source of sustenance, medicine, and commerce. However, such vast expanse in both surface area and depth, presents myriad observing challenges for researchers, such as corrosion, attenuation of electromagnetic wav...

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Published inChinese journal of mechanical engineering Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors Lin, Mingwei, Yang, Canjun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore Springer Singapore 01.12.2020
Springer Nature B.V
SpringerOpen
EditionEnglish ed.
Subjects
AUV
Climate change
Cooperation
Deep sea moorings
Design
El Nino
Electrical Machines and Networks
Electromagnetic radiation
Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering
Engineering Thermodynamics
Heat and Mass Transfer
Instrumentation
Machines
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Observatory
Ocean currents
Ocean energy
Ocean floor
Ocean observation
Oceans
Power Electronics
Processes
Review
Sampling
Satellites
Sea level
Sensors
Surface area
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Time series
Underwater
Wave attenuation
Ocean observation
Ocean energy
AUV
Underwater
Docking
Recharging
Sampling
Observatory
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Summary:Covering about three quarters of the surface area of the earth, the ocean is a critical source of sustenance, medicine, and commerce. However, such vast expanse in both surface area and depth, presents myriad observing challenges for researchers, such as corrosion, attenuation of electromagnetic waves, and high pressure. Ocean observation technologies are progressing from the conventional single node, static and short-term modalities to multiple nodes, dynamic and long-term modalities, to increase the density of both temporal and spatial samplings. Although people’s knowledge of the oceans has been still quite limited, the contributions of many nations cooperating to develop the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) have remarkably promoted the development of ocean observing technologies. This paper reviews the typical observing technologies deployed from the sea surface to the seafloor, and discusses the future trend of the ocean observation systems with the docking technology and sustained ocean energy.
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ISSN:1000-9345
2192-8258
DOI:10.1186/s10033-020-00449-z