How do commercial ships observe the Gulf Stream?

American oceanographer H. Thomas Rossby pioneered an innovative ocean observation system that utilizes commercial shipping vessels to monitor the Gulf Stream. This approach has successfully generated a long-time-series record of the current's circulation and behavior. Major ocean currents like the Gulf Stream play a critical role in transporting heat and regulating global climate patterns.

What we know

• H. Thomas Rossby pioneered an ocean observation system based on commercial shipping. [2]
• The commercial shipping observation system has resulted in a long-time-series record of the Gulf Stream. [2]
• The Gulf Stream is a major ocean current that transports massive amounts of water, gases, pollutants, and heat, affecting the global climate system. [3]

Where to go next

• whoWho was H. Thomas Rossby?
• how it workedWhat are Lagrangian floats?
• what followedHow do ocean currents affect global climate?
• compared withWhat is the Kuroshio Current?
• how we knowHow does satellite altimetry measure sea surface height?
• an unexpected connectionHow does a commercial ship double as an ocean observatory?Vessels built strictly for moving cargo across the ocean can host specialized scientific instruments to collect continuous, long-term climate data.

Sources

• [1]Thomas Rossby (Wikidata Q58418939) · CC0 1.0
• [2]H. Thomas Rossby · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Ocean · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]Kuroshio Current · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]OSTM/Jason-2 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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