Time Series Observations for Climate
Time series stations provide long records with temporal resolution short compared with the characteristic scale of the dominant variability, as well as co-located measurements of several different variables, sometimes including chemical and biological parameters. These attributes make such data sets powerful and complementary to the data mentioned previously, particularly for physical and phenomenological studies. The Ocean Time Series Workshop (IOC, 1997) presented a strong case for continuing the long time series at Bravo and station "S". The TAO array also contains several important long records (e.g. at 110EW) which should be maintained. Station "Papa" is to be the subject of sustained study within CLIVAR and may be another potential site for consideration.
