Feature Publication Archive
Ballinger, T.J., J.E. Overland, M. Wang, J.E. Walsh, B. Brettschneider, R.L. Thoman, U.S. Bhatt, E. Hanna, I. Hanssen-Bauer, and S.-J. Kim (2023): Surface air temperature, in State of the Climate in 2022, The Arctic. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S279–S281, doi: 10.1175/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0079.1, View online at AMS (external link).
Benestad, R., R.L. Thoman, Jr., J.L. Cohen, J.E. Overland, E. Hanna, G.W.K. Moore, M. Rantanen, G.N. Petersen, and M. Webster (2023): 2022 extreme weather and climate events [Sidebar 5.1] , in State of the Climate in 2022. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S285–S287, doi: 10.1175/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0079.1, View online at AMS (external link).
Johnson, G.C., and R. Lumpkin (2023): Overview. In State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S152–S153, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
Johnson, G.C., J.M. Lyman, C. Atkinson, T. Boyer, L. Cheng, J. Gilson, M. Ishii, R. Locarnini, A. Mishonov, S.G. Purkey, J. Reagan, and K. Sato (2023): Ocean heat content. In State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S159–S162, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
Johnson, G.C., J. Reagan, J.M. Lyman, T. Boyer, C. Schmid, and R. Locarnini (2023): Salinity. In State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S163–S167, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
McPhaden, M.J. (2023): The 2020-22 Triple Dip La Niña, in State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans [Sidebar 3.1]. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S157–S158, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
Sharp, J. (2023): Tracking global ocean oxygen content, in State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans [Sidebar 3.2]. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S189–S190, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
Wanninkhof, R., J.A. Triñanes, P. Landschützer, R.A. Feely, and B.R. Carter (2023): Global ocean carbon cycle. In State of the Climate in 2022, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S191–S195, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
Wen, C., P.W. Stackhouse, J. Garg, P.P. Xie, L. Zhang, and M.F. Cronin (2023): Global ocean heat, freshwater, and momentum fluxes, in State of the Climate in 2022. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S168–S172, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, View online at AMS (external link).
The year 2022 was marked by unusual (though not unprecedented) disruptions in the climate system including a “triple-dip” La Niña nearly continuous from August 2020 through the end of 2022, extraordinary amount of precipitation over Antarctica in 2022 and the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai underwater volcano eruption in January. Greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea... more »
Ballinger, T.J., J.E. Overland, R.L. Thoman, M. Wang, M.A. Webster, L.N. Boisvert, C.L. Parker, U.S. Bhatt, B. Brettschneider, E. Hanna, I. Hanssen-Bauer, S.-J. Kim, and J.E. Walsh (2022). Surface air temperature, in State of the Climate in 2021, The Arctic. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103(8), S264–S267.
Meier, W. N., D. Perovich, S. Farrell, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, A. Petty, M. Webster, D. Divine, S. Gerland, L. Kaleschke, R. Ricker, A. Steer, X. Tian-Kunze, M. Tschudi, and K. Wood (2022). Sea ice, in State of the Climate in 2021”, The Arctic. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103 (8), S270–S273.
Feely, R.A., and R. Wanninkhof (2022). Sidebar: IPCC AR6 Assessment of the role of the oceans in the carbon cycle. In State of the Climate in 2021, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103(8), S178-S179.
Johnson, G.C., and R. Lumpkin (2022). Overview. In State of the Climate in 2021, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103(8), S149.
Johnson, G.C., J.M. Lyman, T. Boyer, L. Cheng, J. Gilson, M. Ishii, R.E. Killick, and S.G. Purkey (2022). Ocean heat content. In State of the Climate in 2021, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103(8), S153-S157.
Johnson, G.C., J. Reagan, J.M. Lyman, T. Boyer, C. Schmid, and R. Locarnini (2022). Salinity. In State of the Climate in 2021, Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103(8), S157-S162.
Greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea levels and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2021, according to the 32nd annual State of the Climate report, despite a double-dip La Niña event taking place in the Pacific Ocean.
Ocean climate change,
varies with La Niña, yet, ... more »
Chiodi AM, Zhang C, Cokelet ED, Yang Q, Mordy CW, Gentemann CL, Cross JN, Lawrence-Slavas N, Meinig C, Steele M, Harrison DE, Stabeno PJ, Tabisola HM, Zhang D, Burger EF, O’Brien KM and Wang M (2021) Exploring the Pacific Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone With Saildrone USVs. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:640690. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.640697
A recent study published in Frontiers in Marine Science identified navigational challenges and opportunities for Arctic study using saildrones. Researchers from NOAA and other affiliates were among those carrying out the mission, where they took five saildrones to the US Arctic to test their remote navigation capabilities in close proximity to ice, while also collecting data to advance our understanding of Arctic weather, climate, and ecosystems. They then compared existing methods and products for remote sea ice... more »
Buck, J.J.H., et al. (2019): Ocean data product integration through innovation—The next level of data interoperability. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 32, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00032
Tanhua, T., et al. (2019): Ocean FAIR Data Services. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 440, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00440
Vance, T.C., et al. (2019): From the oceans to the cloud: Opportunities and challenges for data, models, computation and workflows. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 211, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00211
Meinig, C., et al. (2019): Public private partnerships to advance regional ocean observing capabilities: A Saildrone and NOAA-PMEL case study and future considerations to expand to global scale observing. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 448, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00448
Meyssignac, B., et al. (2019): Measuring global ocean heat content to estimate the Earth energy imbalance. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 432, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00432
Roemmich, D., et al. (2019): On the future of Argo: A global, full-depth, multi-disciplinary array. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 439, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00439
Sloyan, B., et al. (2019): The Global Ocean Ship-Base Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP): A platform for integrated multidisciplinary ocean science. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 445, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00445
OceanObs’19 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, in September 2019. The conference presented a unique forum to share new ideas and concepts in marine data management and to emphasize the opportunities presented by a rapidly changing technology landscape. The OceanObs’19 conference was designed to bring: “… people from all over the planet together to communicate the decadal progress of ocean observing networks and to chart innovative solutions to society’s growing needs for ocean information in the coming decade.”
OceanObs’19 community white papers (CWPs) included the input of nearly 2,500... more »
Pilcher, D.J., D.M. Naiman, J.N. Cross, A.J. Hermann, S.A. Siedlecki, G.A. Gibson, and J.T. Mathis (2019): Modeled effect of coastal biogeochemical processes, climate variability, and ocean acidification on aragonite saturation state in the Bering Sea. Front. Mar. Sci., 5, 508, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00508.
Due to naturally cold, low carbonate concentration waters, the Bering Sea is highly vulnerable to ocean acidification (OA), the process in which the absorption of human-released carbon dioxide by the oceans leads to a decrease in ocean water pH and carbonate ion concentration. Emerging evidence suggests that a number of important species in the Bering Sea (such as red king crab and Pacific cod) are vulnerable to OA due to direct (e.g., reduced growth and survival rates) and indirect (e.g., reduced food sources) effects. However, the harsh winter conditions, prevalence of sea ice, and large... more »