The Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society
Volume 23 | Number 4 | December 2010
Special Issue: The Future of Oceanography from Space
On the Cover: Cover depicts the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite observatory in orbit off the coast of South America. The NASA Aquarius instrument will measure sea surface salinity, a key tracer for understanding ocean circulation and global freshwater balance. The artwork was designed by Kevin Miller, NASA Science Support Office, based on Aqua-MODIS data provided by Gene Feldman and Norman Kuring, NASA Ocean Color Group. The rendering of the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite was done by T. Britt Griswold, NASA Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.
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SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES
The Future of Oceanography from Space: Introduction to the Special Issue
By
Eric J. Lindstrom and
Nikolai Maximenko
Eddy Dynamics from Satellite Altimetry
By
Lee-Lueng Fu ,
Dudley B. Chelton,
Pierre-Yves Le Traon, and
Rosemary Morrow
Global Sea Level Rise: Recent Progress and Challenges for the Decade to Come
By
Josh K. Willis ,
Don P. Chambers,
Chung-Yen Kuo , and
C.K. Shum
Ocean Winds and Turbulent Air-Sea Fluxes Inferred From Remote Sensing
By
Mark A. Bourassa,
Sarah T. Gille,
Darren L. Jackson,
J. Brent Roberts , and
Gary A. Wick
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction at Oceanic Mesoscales
By
Dudley B. Chelton and
Shang-Ping Xie
Satellite Observations of Ocean Circulation Changes Associated With Climate Variability
By
Tong Lee,
Sirpa Hakkinen,
Kathie Kelly,
Bo Qiu ,
Hans Bonekamp, and
Eric J. Lindstrom
The Ocean and the Global Water Cycle
By
Gary Lagerloef ,
Raymond Schmitt,
Julian Schanze, and
Hsun-Ying Kao
Monitoring Ocean Currents with Satellite Sensors
By
Kathleen Dohan and
Nikolai Maximenko
Study of Marine Ecosystems and Biogeochemistry Now and in the Future: Examples of the Unique Contributions from Space
By
James A. Yoder,
,
David A. Siegel , and
Cara Wilson
Monitoring Coral Reefs from Space
By
C. Mark Eakin,
Carl J. Nim,
Russell E. Brainard,
Christoph Aubrecht,
Chris Elvidge,
Dwight K. Gledhill ,
Frank Muller-Karger,
Peter J. Mumby ,
William J. Skirving,
Alan E. Strong ,
Menghua Wang ,
Scarla Weeks ,
Frank Wentz , and
Daniel Ziskin
Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Thickness and Kinematics: Satellite Retrievals and Modeling
By
Ron Kwok and
Deborah Sulsky
Ocean Measurements from Space in 2025
By
Anthony Freeman,
Victor Zlotnicki ,
Tim Liu ,
Benjamin Holt,
Ron Kwok ,
Simon Yueh ,
Jorge Vazquez ,
David Siegel , and
Gary Lagerloef
DEPARTMENTS
QUARTERDECK • A Tribute to Peter Niiler
By
Nikolai Maximenko and
Eric J. Lindstrom
FROM THE PRESIDENT • Building TOS Membership
By
Mike Roman
HANDS-ON OCEANOGRAPHY • Drifters, Drogues, and Circulation
By
Thomas O. Manley
BOOK REVIEW • Field Techniques for Sea Ice Research
By
Blake Weissling
BOOK REVIEW • Of Seas and Ships and Scientists: The Remarkable Story of the UK's National Institute of Oceanography
By
Eric Mills
CAREER PROFILES • Options and Insights
Career profiles—Options and insights. 2010. Oceanography 23(4):177–179.
Special Issue Guest Editors
Eric J. Lindstrom, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nikolai Maximenko, University of Hawaii
Sponsors
Production of this issue was supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.