Climatic variations in the Atlantic: global contexts and regional effects [Klimaschwankungen im Atlantik: globale Zusammenhänge und regionale Effekte]

Koltermann, K.P.

Автор: Koltermann K.P.
Журнал: Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift
Том: 44
Номер: 5-6
Год издания: 1991
Первая страница: 383
Последняя страница: 389
DOI: 10.1007/BF02231723
Аннотация: The role of the ocean within the Earth’s climate system has increasingly become a focus of discussions about the planet’s climate. In particular, the question of the global oceanic transport of heat and fresh water has been of interest. In this respect, the Atlantic’s asymetric heat transport and its variations are of great importance for Europe. Coupled climate models now permit global and regional scenarios to be formulated. Although no distinction can be made between natural and anthropogenic variations from observations, model calculations do allow us to forecast trends. Numerous questions about the physics and chemistry of the ocean remain unanswered, however. For that reason it has not yet been possible to include them in models. To distinguish clearly between variations and trends, and to provide the necessary scientific findings for model formulations, a long-term, practical and economically justifiable global observation system is required -especially for the ocean. Work on the design of such a system is being intensified. In the process, new ground is being broken in science and technology, but also in administration. How is a global observation system to function if it is no more than the sum of its parts? As the industrialized nations are found in the northern hemisphere, their attention is directed at the ocean on their doorstep. But they must also be prepared to support such an observation system in the southern hemisphere. Will they be able to do so? © 1991 Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut.
Добавил в систему: Koltermann Klaus Peter

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