Abstract
CALYPSO is an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Departmental Research Initiative that addresses the challenge of observing, understanding and predicting the three-dimensional pathways by which water from the surface ocean makes its way into the deeper ocean. Discovering the routes by which trace substances, phytoplankton, and dissolved gases like oxygen, are transported vertically, as they are also carried horizontally by oceanic currents, is the goal of this research. An innovative set of observational techniques are being used, along with process study models, predictive models, and data synthesis, to identify coherent pathways for vertical transport and to diagnose and predict the physical processes that underlie such subduction.
CALYPSO is a US-led multi-institution, international program. This archive includes data and products whose acquisition and derivation were funded by ONR. A list of US award numbers is included below. Additional international funding is indicated with specific datasets as applicable.