Evolution of Ocean Observing Systems: Building an Infrastructure for Science

PI请求提供部分资金，以支持将于2010年9月19日在美国华盛顿州西雅图举行的为期一天的全球测地系统讲习班，该讲习班题为“海洋观测系统的演变为科学奠定基础”。讲习班的主题是需要了解全球测地系统时代将使用的主要海洋观测系统的能力，特别是新的和现有的有线观测系统及其满足科学数据和信息需要的能力。该讲习班由IEEE地球观测委员会（ICEO）组织，是正在进行的全球测地系统国际系列讲习班的一部分，重点是与全球测地系统有关的数据、科学和用户主题。IEEE全球测地系统讲习班侧重于开发地球科学观测系统和系统工程界的系统，这些系统构成了整合复杂系统的核心知识资源。在这个特定的研讨会上，对海洋观测系统的强调有助于引导与会者关注美国和全球监测背景下的关键海洋观测挑战和机遇。全球测地系统系列讲习班的独特形式和范围有助于确保广泛的数据用户、科学家和工程师为关于地球系统模型和环境数据使用的讨论作出贡献。这将是IEEE全球测地系统系列讲习班的第40期，因此遵循了在相关科学、工程和用户群体中成功地将注意力集中在全球测地系统问题上的既定传统。更广泛的影响全球测地系统讲习班通过向广泛的国际受众介绍与地球观测有关的当代问题，然后在因特网上公布这些问题的深入讨论结果，供全球免费查阅。因此，该讲习班的益处可在全球范围内得到，既体现在直接出版物上，也体现在该讲习班将对确定和执行全球环境展望任务产生的影响上。该活动还有助于将工程界与地球科学建模和地球数据用户界更密切地联系起来，从而加强了实现地球观测最大效益所必需的重要三方伙伴关系。

The PI requests funding to partially support a one-day GEOSS workshop entitled "Evolution of Ocean Observing Systems building an infrastructure for science" that will be held Seattle, WA, USA, on 19 September 2010. The theme of the workshop follows the need to understand the capabilities of the major ocean observing systems to be used within the GEOSS era, and specifically new and existing cabled observing systems and their ability to address the data and information needs for science. This workshop is organized by the IEEE Committee on Earth Observations (ICEO) as part of an ongoing international series of GEOSS workshops that focus on data, science, and user themes pertinent to GEOSS. The IEEE GEOSS workshops focus on development of observing systems for Earth science and the system-of-systems engineering communities that form a core intellectual resource for integrating complex systems. The emphasis on ocean observation systems in this specific workshop serves to direct attendees' attention toward key ocean observational challenges and opportunities within the context of both US and global monitoring. The unique format and scope of the GEOSS workshop series serves to ensure that a broad range of data users, scientists, and engineers contribute to the discussions on Earth system models and the use of environmental data. This will be the 40th in the IEEE series of GEOSS workshops, and so follows an established tradition of success in focusing attention within the relevant science, engineering, and user communities around GEOSS issues.Broader ImpactsThis GEOSS workshop advances the understanding of the Earth and its processes by presenting contemporary issues associated with Earth observation to a broad and international audience, then publicizing the results of in-depth discussions on these issues on the internet for free global access. The benefits of this workshop are thus available globally, both in direct publications and in the impact that this workshop will have on the identification and implementation of GEO tasks. The activity also serves to connect the engineering community more closely with the Earth science modeling and Earth data user communities, thus enhancing an important three-way partnership necessary to see the maximum benefits from Earth observations.