28 January 2013: "The Future of Global Observing Systems and Robotic Exploration and Monitoring of the Oceans"

The oceans cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. They provide resources, they play a crucial role in the climate system and they are the origin of natural hazards. 

Over the last several decades numerous global observing systems have been deployed to monitor the oceans. The ARGO system (argo.ucsd.edu) for measuring ocean temperature and salinity is an excellent example. Such measurements are used routinely in water and land management and for the management of fisheries.  In recent years, governments in many developed countries have cited economic stress and the reason for failing to deploy newly developed  systems and for failing to  maintain existing routine measurements.
In this public evening lecture Dr Tony Haymet (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego) will review observing systems and describe some short term methods for continuing deployment of a subset of needed instruments.

 
Venue: Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 1, 24105 Kiel, GERMANY
Time: Monday, 28 January 2013, 19h

Admission free.

This public evening lecture is organized with kind support of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation.