Observing the Oceans in Real Time

Part 1. Introduction.- 1. Recent Trends in Ocean Observations.- Part 2. Surface Observations.- 2. Observing Surface Meteorology and Air-Sea Fluxes.- 3. Drifter Technology and Impacts for Sea Surface Temperature, Sea-Level Pressure and Ocean Circulation Studies.- 4. Origin, Tranformation and Measurement of Waves in Ocean.- Part 3. Subsurface Observations.- 5. Oceanographic Floats- Principles of Operation.- 6. . Measuring Ocean Turbulence.- 7. New Science and Novel Approaches Enabled by Autonomous Gliders.- 8. Advances in In-Situ Ocean Measurements.- Part 4. Remote Sensing.- 9. Ocean Remote Sensing: Concept to Realization for Physical Oceanographic Studies.- 10. Near Real-time Underwater Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Natural and Anthropogenic Sounds.- 11. Data Return Aspects of CODAR and WERA High Frequency Radars in Mapping Currents.- Part 5. Data (Data Management).- 12. Sensor Performance and Data Quality Control.- 13. Near Real Time Data Recovery from Oceanographic Moorings.- 14. Managing Metocean In Situ Data in the WMO Framework.- Part 6. Societal Applilications.- 15. Applications of Ocean In-Situ Observations and its Societal Relevance.