L1 - Users and Customers of Marine Science Data Flashcards
Name 10 Users/Customers of Marine Science Data
- Offshore Oil and Gas
- Shipping
- Aviation
- Research/Academia
- Marine Conservation
- Accident Investigation
- Military/Defence
- Marine Leisure/Tourism
- Government Agencies
- Retail
Name the 4 Users of Marine Science Data relating to Climate Change
- UKCP09
- IPCC
- MCCIP
- IMCORE
What are the 2 main drivers for the science
- Requirement Based Science (Research Needs Impact)
2. Evidence Based Decision Making
Why is observing the marine environment important?
The observations provide the bedrock of the science and is used for evidence based decision-making and for modelling
Which 2 organisations stress the importance of having observed data in their mission statements?
- IOC
2. NOC
Who said: “the want of simultaneous observations is an incurable defect”?
James Rennell in 1822
Who said: “without better data we will make little progress in understanding the climate”?
Ian Strangeways in 1999
Who started Oceanography in 1810?
James Rennell
Who published the Depths of the Sea in 1837?
Wyville Thompson
When was ICES formed?
1902
When was the IOC formed?
1960
When was the Alvin Hydrothermal Vents survey conducted?
Between 1977 and 1979
What was the first systematic oceanographic voyage and when was it conduced?
The HMS Challenger Survey between 1872 and 1876
What 7 parameters were observed onboard HMS Challenger?
- Depth
- Substratum
- Fauna
- Temperatures
- Seawater Samples
- Currents
- Atmospheric Data
What did the HMS Challenger survey prove?
That life existed below 600m
