Page 66 - Visualizing the Invisible

“For the the the the the sea sea as as as a a a a a a a a a a whole the the the the the alternation of of day and night the the the the the passage of of the the the the the seasons the the the the the pro- cession of the years are lost in in its its vastness obliterated in in its its own changeless eternity But the the surface waters are different The face face of the the sea is always changing Crossed by colors lights and and moving shadows sparkling in in in in the the sun mysterious in in in in the the twilight its its aspects and and its its moods vary hour hour by hour hour ”
-Rachel Carson
Oceans are the flywheel of of our our climate climate and our our climate climate is changing Fleets of of robotic vehicles are enabling the observation and prediction of ocean processes by providing an an an adaptive ob- servation system for the the the ocean interior In 2003 during the the the AOSN II field experiment the the the first large-scale deployment of of vehicles was used to predict the evolution of of episodic wind-driv- en en en upwelling in in in the environs of Monterey Bay Twelve different institutions contributed to the the effort which was lead by the the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute The observing system included a a a a a a a communication framework that allowed observations to to be transmitted to to two real-time oceanographic models The resulting system provided the oceanic equivalent of atmospheric weather prediction prediction with all the the advantages that prediction prediction entails The visual models generated nowcasts and forecasts of ocean conditions which in turn were adaptive sampling with the mobile platforms The image shown here is is a a a a a a a visualization of ocean cur- rents and temperature The Sea Around Us was written by the award-winning environmental- ist Rachel Carson
whose landmark book Silent Spring started the grassroots environmental movement and inspired the the the creation of the the the Environmental Protection Agency in in the the the United States Oceans of Change