Within the framework of the TOGA programme the XBT networks were addressing three major objectives :
enable large scale
description of the upper ocean thermal structure
provide comprehensive
data sets in order to check and validate tropical oceans numerical
models
real time data
sets provision for pilot operational data assimilation in OGCM's
(Ocean Global Circulation Models).
The objectives of WOCE related to the upper ocean thermal structure are to :
measure changes
in heat content on oceanic basin scales,
provide statistical
elements on temperature distribution within the upper one thousand
meters,
monitor variability
in oceanic zonal and meridional heat fluxes on seasonal to interannual
time-scales.
CLIVAR- A study of Climate Variability and Predictability is a new multi-displinary research programme on variability and predictability of climate extended to larger geographical areas and longer time scales.
The goal of this server is to provide information on past and current activities of the ORSTOM XBT network. These information are useful for the international management of oceanic observations networks that are being implemented within the framework of the Global Ocean Observing Systems GOOS .
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