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Front Matter i-xii
Introduction and Goals--Linwood Vincent 1-2
Integrated Oceanography in 2025--John J. Cullen 3-5
Oceanography in 2028--Mark Abbott 6-10
The Changing Relationship Between Humans and the Ocean--J. G. Bellingham 11-13
Societal Implications for Ocean Research in 2025--Matthew Alford 14-16
Oceanography in 2025: Responding to Growing Populations on a Rapidly Changing Planet--Scott Glenn 17-21
Some Thoughts on Physical Oceanography in 2025--Ken Melville 22-25
The Next-Generation Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean-Ice-Land Models for Ocean Research and Prediction--Shuyi S. Chen 26-27
Science in Action, Episode 1: Exploring Boundaries--Meghan F. Cronin 28-30
Real Time Decision Support Everywhere--Nathaniel G. Plant 31-35
Trends in Oceanography: More Data, More People, More Relevance--J. Thomson 36-38
Future Developments to Observational Physical Oceanography--Tom Sanford 39-42
Prospects for Oceanography in 2025--Michael Gregg 43-45
Oceanography in 2025--John Orcutt 46-48
Thoughts on Oceanography in 2025--Daniel Rudnick 49-51
The Role of Observations in the Future of Oceanography--Raffaele Ferrari 52-54
The Future . . . One More Time--Rob Pinkel 55-57
The Role of Acoustics in Ocean Observing Systems--Peter Worcester and Walter Munk 58-62
Oceanography in 2025--Walter Munk 63-64
Physical Oceanography in 2025--Chris Garrett 65-67
A Vision of Future Physical Oceanography Research--James J. O'Brien 68-69
Some Thoughts on Logistics, Mixing, and Power--J. N. Moum 70-72
Ageostrophic Circulation in the Ocean--Peter Niiler 73-76
The Future of Ocean Modeling--Sonya Legg, Alistair Adcroft, Whit Anderson, V. Balaji, John Dunne, Stephen Griffies, Robert Hallberg, Matthew Harrison, Isaac Held, Tony Rosati, Robbie Toggweiler, Geoff Vallis, and Laurent White 77-80
Towards Nonhydrostatic Ocean Modeling with Large-eddy Simulation--Oliver B. Fringer 81-83
Simulations of Marine Turbulence and Surface Waves: Potential Impacts of Petascale Technology--Peter P. Sullivan 84-88
Computational Simulation and Submesoscale Variability--James C. McWilliams 89-91
Ocean Measurements from Space in 2025--A. Freeman 92-97
Future of Nearshore Processes Research--Rob Holman 98-100
Future Directions in Nearshore Oceanography--H. Tuba Özkan-Haller 101-103
Science Strategies for the Arctic Ocean--Mary-Louise Timmermans 104-106
Submesoscale Variability of the Upper Ocean: Patchy and Episodic Fluxes Into and Through Biologically Active Layers--Daniel Rudnick, Mary Jane Perry, John J. Cullen, Bess Ward, and Kenneth S. Johnson 107-110
Who's Blooming? Toward an Understanding of Why Certain Species Dominate Phytoplankton Blooms--Mary Jane Perry, Michael Sieracki, Bess Ward, and Alan Weidemann 111-114
Understanding Phytoplankton Bloom Development--Bess Ward and Mary Jane Perry 115-117
From Short Food Chains to Complex Interaction Webs: Biological Oceanography in 2025--Kelly J. Benoit-Bird 118-120
The Interface Between Biological and Physical Processes--Mark Abbott 121-123
Research on Higher Trophic Levels--Daniel P. Costa, Yann Tremblay, and Sean Hayes 124-129
Marine Biogeochemistry in 2025--Kenneth S. Johnson 130-134
Next-Generation Oceanographic Sensors for Short-Term Prediction/Verification of In-water Optical Conditions--Mark L. Wells 135-137
Evolution of Autonomous Platform for Sustained Ocean Observations--Russ E. Davis 138-140
Toward an Interdisciplinary Ocean Observing System in 2025--Eric D'Asaro 141-143
Small Scale Ocean Dynamics in 2025--Jonathan Nash 144-145
Oceanography in 2025--Dana R. Yoerger 146-149
The Research Vessel Problem--J. N. Moum, Eric D'Asaro, Mary-Louise Timmermans, and Peter Niiler 150-152
"Ocean Mapping" in 2025--Larry Mayer 153-156
Seismic Oceanography: Imaging Oceanic Finestructure with Reflection Seismology--W. Steven Holbrook 157-162
The Ocean Planet 2.0: A Vision for 2025--Justin Manley 163-165
Force Projection Through the Littoral Zone: Optical Considerations--Kendall Carder 166-170
Large Scale Phase-resolved Simulations of Ocean Surface Waves--Yuming Liu and Dick K.P. Yue 171-176
Appendixes 177-178
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda 179-180
Appendix B: Workshop Participants 181-186

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Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop (2009)

Chapter: A Vision of Future Physical Oceanography Research--James J. O'Brien

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Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop (2009)

Chapter: A Vision of Future Physical Oceanography Research--James J. O'Brien