{"id":59905,"date":"2012-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-oceanographer-leading-effort-to-enlist-commercial-ships-to-collect-ocean-data\/"},"modified":"2012-04-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T00:00:00","slug":"uri-oceanographer-leading-effort-to-enlist-commercial-ships-to-collect-ocean-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/04\/uri-oceanographer-leading-effort-to-enlist-commercial-ships-to-collect-ocean-data\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 oceanographer leading effort to enlist commercial ships to collect ocean data"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tProposal aims to unite oceanographers, shipping industry for science<\/p>\n


\n\tNARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 April 5, 2012 \u2013 A 溏心vlog免费B站 oceanographer is leading an effort to partner with the global shipping industry to systematically collect detailed data about the world\u2019s oceans using equipment installed on commercial vessels.<\/p>\n


\n\tH. Thomas Rossby, a professor at the Graduate School of Oceanography, said commercial ships on the high seas offer a cost-effective platform for collecting data that could be used to learn about currents, plankton, ocean chemistry, climate change and other topics.<\/p>\n


\n\tAccording to a report written by Rossby and colleagues on a working group sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans, \u201cthe ocean is vastly under-observed, particularly below the ocean surface, where satellites cannot measure the ocean\u2019s properties. \u2026Observations below the surface depend on getting platforms (ships, moored buoys, floats, gliders, etc.) to locations far beyond the coasts, which can be expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tRossby said ships are especially useful for collecting this data because they traverse the same routes on a regular basis, much like satellites orbiting the Earth.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor instance, the 溏心vlog免费B站 scientist has gained valuable insights about Gulf Stream currents from instruments he and colleagues have operated for nearly 20 years on a freighter that travels between New Jersey and Bermuda. Other ships, including a Miami-based cruise ship and a ferry traveling between Denmark and Iceland, also collect oceanographic measurements.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cVarious researchers have worked with the commercial shipping industry along selected routes for years, but these have been individual efforts,\u201d Rossby said. \u201cIf the ocean observation community came together with the shipping industry, we could bring synergies and remove significant observational deficiencies the way we operate today.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tMany in the shipping industry are showing strong interest in the proposal.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAll of the companies, almost without exception, when we knock on their door they say they\u2019d be happy to help out,\u201d said Rossby. \u201cTheir main concern is that we don\u2019t place any demands on them, which we fully understand. The main requirement is that the instrumentation work reliably so our presence can be kept to a minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe data the ships collect will be transmitted to the scientists via WiFi or other cell phone technologies when the ships are in port.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe proposed partnership, called OceanScope, aims to begin an initial phase by placing instruments on ships traversing 14 routes in the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIf we could have these routes routinely measuring currents from Iceland to the equator, we could really start to quantify ocean currents in a way we\u2019ve never done before,\u201d Rossby said.<\/p>\n


\n\tCurrents play an important role in the redistribution of heat in the ocean and, hence, climate. Understanding currents helps shipping companies minimize fuel costs; currents significantly influence the distribution of marine life like plankton; they determine how items at the surface is redistributed such as in garbage patches; and currents play a fundamental role in the ocean\u2019s uptake of CO2, a major greenhouse gas. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAccurate current measurements would be useful for a wide variety of disciplines,\u201d said Rossby. \u201cWe believe there are big changes taking place in current patterns, but we don\u2019t have a good understanding of them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile funding for the project is uncertain, the scientists believe that its benefits far outweigh its costs.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWhen the oceanographic communities begin to see the power of what these ships can provide and the advantages of working with the shipping industry, I\u2019m sure they will see what a tremendous resource it is and come up with new ideas and technologies,\u201d Rossby concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Proposal aims to unite oceanographers, shipping industry for science NARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 April 5, 2012 \u2013 A 溏心vlog免费B站 oceanographer is leading an effort to partner with the global shipping industry to systematically collect detailed data about the world\u2019s oceans using equipment installed on commercial vessels. H. Thomas Rossby, a professor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}