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Chavez Sophie Clayton Sophie Cravatte Marlos Goes See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs Citation/Publisher Attribution Todd RE, Chavez FP, Clayton S, Cravatte S, Goes M, Graco M, Lin X, Sprintall J, Zilberman NV, Archer M, Arístegui J, Balmaseda M, Bane JM, Baringer MO, Barth JA, Beal LM, Brandt P, Calil PHR, Campos E, Centurioni LR, Chidichimo MP, Cirano M, Cronin MF, Curchitser EN, Davis RE, Dengler M, deYoung B, Dong S, Escribano R, Fassbender AJ, Fawcett SE, Feng M, Goni GJ, Gray AR, Gutiérrez D, Hebert D, Hummels R, Ito S-i, Krug M, Lacan F, Laurindo L, Lazar A, Lee CM, Lengaigne M, Levine NM, Middleton J, Montes I, Muglia M, Nagai T, Palevsky HI, Palter JB, Phillips HE, Piola A, Plueddemann AJ, Qiu B, Rodrigues RR, Roughan M, Rudnick DL, Rykaczewski RR, Saraceno M, Seim H, Sen Gupta A, Shannon L, Sloyan BM, Sutton AJ, Thompson L, van der Plas AK, Volkov D, Wilkin J, Zhang D and Zhang L (2019) Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:423. doi: 10.3389/ fmars.2019.00423 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School of Oceanography at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors Robert E. Todd, Francisco P. Chavez, Sophie Clayton, Sophie Cravatte, Marlos Goes, Michelle Graco, Xiaopei Lin, Janet Sprintall, Nathalie V. Zilberman, Matthew Archer, Javier Arístegui, Magdalena Balmaseda, John M. Bane, Molly O. Baringer, John A. Barth, Lisa M. Beal, Peter Brandt, Paulo H. R. Calil, Edmo Campos, Luca R. Centurioni, Maria Paz Chidichimo, Mauro Cirano, Meghan F. Cronin, Enrique N. Curchitser, Russ E. Davis, Marcus Dengler, Brad deYoung, Shenfu Dong, Ruben Escribano, Andrea J. Fassbender, Sarah E. Fawcett, Ming Feng, Gustavo J. Goni, Alison R. Gray, Dimitri Gutiérrez, Dave Hebert, Rebecca Hummels, Shin-ichi Ito, Marjorlaine Krug, François Lacan, Lucas Laurindo, Alban Lazar, Craig M. Lee, Matthieu Lengaigne, Naomi M. Levine, John Middleton, Ivonne Montes, Mike Muglia, Takeyoshi Nagai, Hilary I. Palevsky, Jaime B. Palter, Helen E. Phillips, Alberto Piola, Albert J. Plueddemann, Bo Qiu, Regina R. Rodrigues, Moninya Roughan, Daniel L. Rudnick, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Martin Saraceno, Harvey Seim, Alex Sen Gupta, Lynne Shannon, Bernadette M. Sloyan, Adrienne J. Sutton, LuAnne Thompson, Anja K. van der Plas, Denis Volkov, John Wilkin, Dongxiao Zhang, and Linlin Zhang This article is available at DigitalCommons@URI: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/758 fmars-06-00423 August 7, 2019 Time: 18:7 # 1 REVIEW published: 08 August 2019 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423 Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems Robert E. Todd1*, Francisco P. Chavez2, Sophie Clayton3, Sophie Cravatte4, Marlos Goes5,6, Michelle Graco7, Xiaopei Lin8, Janet Sprintall9, Nathalie V. Zilberman9, Matthew Archer10, Javier Arístegui11, Magdalena Balmaseda12, John M. Bane13, Edited by: Molly O. Baringer5, John A. Barth14, Lisa M. Beal6, Peter Brandt15,16, Paulo H. R. Calil17, Sabrina Speich, Edmo Campos18, Luca R. Centurioni9, Maria Paz Chidichimo19, Mauro Cirano20, École Normale Supérieure, France Meghan F. Cronin21, Enrique N. Curchitser22, Russ E. Davis9, Marcus Dengler15, Reviewed by: Brad deYoung23, Shenfu Dong5, Ruben Escribano24, Andrea J. Fassbender2, Moacyr Cunha de Araujo Filho, Sarah E. Fawcett25, Ming Feng26, Gustavo J. Goni5, Alison R. Gray27, Dimitri Gutiérrez7, Federal Rural University Dave Hebert28, Rebecca Hummels15, Shin-ichi Ito29, Marjorlaine Krug30, of Pernambuco, Brazil 4,31 6 32 33 Eitarou Oka, François Lacan , Lucas Laurindo , Alban Lazar , Craig M. Lee , 32 34 35 36 The University of Tokyo, Japan Matthieu Lengaigne , Naomi M. Levine , John Middleton , Ivonne Montes , Mike Muglia13,37, Takeyoshi Nagai38, Hilary I. Palevsky39, Jaime B. Palter40, *Correspondence: Helen E. Phillips41, Alberto Piola19,42, Albert J. Plueddemann1, Bo Qiu43, Robert E. Todd 44 45 9 46 [email protected] Regina R. Rodrigues , Moninya Roughan , Daniel L. Rudnick , Ryan R. Rykaczewski , Martin Saraceno42,47, Harvey Seim13, Alex Sen Gupta45, Lynne Shannon48, 49 21 27 Specialty section: Bernadette M. Sloyan , Adrienne J. Sutton , LuAnne Thompson , This article was submitted to Anja K. van der Plas50, Denis Volkov5,6, John Wilkin51, Dongxiao Zhang21,52 and Ocean Observation, Linlin Zhang53 a section of the journal 1 2 Frontiers in Marine Science Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, 3 Department of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, Received: 31 October 2018 Norfolk, VA, United States, 4 LEGOS, IRD, CNES, CNRS, UPS, Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 5 NOAA’s Atlantic Accepted: 05 July 2019 Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, 6 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Published: 08 August 2019 Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, 7 Instituto del Mar del Peru, Lima, Peru, 8 Qingdao National Citation: Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, 9 Scripps Institution Todd RE, Chavez FP, Clayton S, of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, 10 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Cravatte S, Goes M, Graco M, Lin X, Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, 11 Instituto de Oceanografía y Cambio Global, Universidad de Las Sprintall J, Zilberman NV, Archer M, Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain, 12 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, Arístegui J, Balmaseda M, Bane JM, United Kingdom, 13 Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, Baringer MO, Barth JA, Beal LM, United States, 14 College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Brandt P, Calil PHR, Campos E, 15 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany, 16 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kiel Centurioni LR, Chidichimo MP, University, Kiel, Germany, 17 Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, Germany, Cirano M, Cronin MF, Curchitser EN, 18 Departamento de Oceanografia Física, Química e Geológica University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 19 Consejo Davis RE, Dengler M, deYoung B, Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20 Department of Dong S, Escribano R, Fassbender AJ, Meteorology, Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 NOAA Pacific Fawcett SE, Feng M, Goni GJ, Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, United States, 22 Deptartment of Environmental Science, Rutgers University, Gray AR, Gutiérrez D, Hebert D, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, 23 Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University Hummels R, Ito S-i, Krug M, Lacan F, of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 24 Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Laurindo L, Lazar A, Lee CM, Chile, 25 Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 CSIRO Oceans Lengaigne M, Levine NM, and Atmosphere, Crawley, WA, Australia, 27 School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Middleton J, Montes I, Muglia M, 28 Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, 29 Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University Nagai T, Palevsky HI, Palter JB, of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, 30 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Cape Town, South Africa, 31 LEGOS, CNRS, Phillips HE, Piola A, Plueddemann AJ, CNES, UPS, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 32 LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 33 Applied Qiu B, Rodrigues RR, Roughan M, Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 34 Department of Biological Sciences, University Rudnick DL, Rykaczewski RR, of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, 35 South Australian Research and Development Institute (Aquatic Saraceno M, Seim H, Sen Gupta A, Sciences), West Beach, SA, Australia, 36 Instituto Geofísico del Perú, Lima, Peru, 37 UNC Coastal Studies Institute, Shannon L, Sloyan BM, Sutton AJ, Wanchese, NC, United States, 38 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 39 Wellesley College, Thompson L, van der Plas AK, Wellesley, MA, United States, 40 Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, Volkov D, Wilkin J, Zhang D and United States, 41 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 42 Departamento Zhang L (2019) Global Perspectives de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Oceanos, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 43 School of Ocean and on Observing Ocean Boundary Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa,¯ Honolulu, HI, United States, 44 Departamento de Current Systems. 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