Essential ocean variables
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Essential Ocean Variables are a collection of ocean properties selected in a way so as to provide the best, most cost-effective suite of data that enable quantification of key ocean processes.[1] They are selected based on their Relevance, Feasibility and Cost effectiveness. They fall into four categories - physics, biogeochemistry, ecosystems and cross-disciplinary. Their consistent usage is promoted by agencies such as Global Ocean Observing (GOOS) and Southern.[2]
EOVs[]
- Physics
- Sea state
- Ocean surface stress
- Sea ice
- Sea surface height
- Sea surface temperature
- Subsurface temperature
- Surface currents
- Subsurface currents
- Sea surface salinity
- Subsurface salinity
- Ocean surface heat flux
- Biogeochemistry
- Oxygen
- Nutrients
- Inorganic carbon
- Transient tracers
- Particulate matter
- Nitrous oxide
- Stable carbon isotopes
- Dissolved organic carbon
- Ecosystems
- Phytoplankton biomass and diversity
- Zooplankton biomass and diversity
- Fish abundance and distribution
- Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution
- Hard coral cover and composition
- Seagrass cover and composition
- Macroalgal canopy cover and composition
- Mangrove cover and composition
- Microbe biomass and diversity (*emerging)
- Invertebrate abundance and distribution (*emerging)
- Cross-disciplinary
- Ocean colour
- Ocean Sound
References[]
- ^ Constable, A.J., Costa, D.P., Schofield, O., Newman, L., Urban Jr, E.R., Fulton, E.A., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Ballerini, T., Boyd, P.W., Brandt, A. and Willaim, K., 2016. Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables”—eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Journal of Marine Systems, 161, pp.26-41.
- ^ https://www.goosocean.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=170&Itemid=114
Categories:
- Oceanography