Dr Jessica Lehman jessica.lehman@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Sea Change: The World Ocean Circulation Experiment and the Productive Limits of Ocean Variability
Lehman, J.
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Abstract
The ability to quantify the relationship between the ocean and the atmosphere is an enduring challenge for global-scale science. This paper analyzes the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE, 1990–2002), an international oceanographic program that aimed to provide data for decadal-scale climate modeling and for the first time produce a “snapshot” of ocean circulation against which future change could be measured. WOCE was an ambitious project that drew on extensive international collaboration and emerging technologies that continue to play a significant role in how the global environment is known and governed. However, a main outcome of WOCE was an encounter with ocean variability: the notion that the ocean is governed not by the circular currents shown in the popular “conveyor-belt” diagram but by eddies, filaments, jets, and other nonlinear forces. This paper suggests the concept of “productive limits” as an analytic for understanding how ocean variability both prompted new forms of knowledge and the development of a global knowledge infrastructure that is contingent, uneven, and fully entwined with geopolitical dynamics.
Citation
Lehman, J. (2021). Sea Change: The World Ocean Circulation Experiment and the Productive Limits of Ocean Variability. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 46(4), 839-862. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243920949932
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 3, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 30, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jul 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Aug 4, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 1, 2020 |
Journal | Science, Technology, and Human Values |
Print ISSN | 0162-2439 |
Electronic ISSN | 1552-8251 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 839-862 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243920949932 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1295503 |
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