Concept information
Preferred term
WOCE
Definition
- The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and remains the most ambitious oceanographic experiment undertaken to-date. In addition to global observations furnished by satellites, conventional in-situ physical and chemical observations were made by nearly 30 nations in 4 of the worlds oceans. At the same time global numerical ocean models were developed to assimilate these measurements. This activity continues (2003). The field phase of the project lasted from 1990-1998 and was followed by Analysis, Interpretation, Modelling and Synthesis activities. This, the AIMS phase of WOCE, officially continued to the end of 2002 with the tasks to be undertaken described in the WOCE AIMS Strategy document. The success of WOCE AIMS will have considerable impact on follow on programmes;- CLIVAR, a global study of ocean climate variability and predictability, GODAE, the Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment, ARGO a global array of temperature/salinity profiling floats. Data can be accessed through the World Wide Web from the WOCE Data Information Unit: "http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/OTHERS/woceipo/ipo.html" (en)
Broader concept
- V - Z (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/eab3419f-a0c2-4d55-9500-87ee00600291
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