@article {RN103, title = {Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems}, journal = {Frontiers in Marine Science}, volume = {6}, year = {2019}, pages = {423}, type = {Journal Article}, abstract = {Ocean boundary current systems are key components of the climate system, are home to highly productive ecosystems, and have numerous societal impacts. Establishment of a global network of boundary current observing systems is a critical part of ongoing development of the Global Ocean Observing System. The characteristics of boundary current systems are reviewed, focusing on scientific and societal motivations for sustained observing. Techniques currently used to observe boundary current systems are reviewed, followed by a census of the current state of boundary current observing systems globally. The next steps in the development of boundary current observing systems are considered, leading to several specific recommendations.}, keywords = {autonomous underwater gliders, drifters, eastern boundary current systems, moorings, ocean observing systems, remote sensing, time series, western boundary current systems}, issn = {2296-7745}, doi = {10.3389/fmars.2019.00423}, url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00423}, author = {Todd, Robert E. and Chavez, Francisco P. and Clayton, Sophie and Cravatte, Sophie and Goes, Marlos and Graco, Michelle and Lin, Xiaopei and Sprintall, Janet and Zilberman, Nathalie V. and Archer, Matthew and Ar{\'\i}stegui, Javier and Balmaseda, Magdalena and Bane, John M. and Baringer, Molly O. and Barth, John A. and Beal, Lisa M. and Brandt, Peter and Calil, Paulo H. R. and Campos, Edmo and Centurioni, Luca R. and Chidichimo, Maria Paz and Cirano, Mauro and Cronin, Meghan F. and Curchitser, Enrique N. and Davis, Russ E. and Dengler, Marcus and deYoung, Brad and Dong, Shenfu and Escribano, Ruben and Fassbender, Andrea J. and Fawcett, Sarah E. and Feng, Ming and Goni, Gustavo J. and Gray, Alison R. and Guti{\'e}rrez, Dimitri and Hebert, Dave and Hummels, Rebecca and Ito, Shin-ichi and Krug, Marjorlaine and Lacan, Fran{\c c}ois and Laurindo, Lucas and Lazar, Alban and Lee, Craig M. and Lengaigne, Matthieu and Levine, Naomi M. and Middleton, John and Montes, Ivonne and Muglia, Mike and Nagai, Takeyoshi and Palevsky, Hilary I. and Palter, Jaime B. and Phillips, Helen E. and Piola, Alberto and Plueddemann, Albert J. and Qiu, Bo and Rodrigues, Regina R. and Roughan, Moninya and Rudnick, Daniel L. and Rykaczewski, Ryan R. and Saraceno, Martin and Seim, Harvey and Gupta, Alex Sen and Shannon, Lynne and Sloyan, Bernadette M. and Sutton, Adrienne J. and Thompson, LuAnne and Plas, Anja K. van der and Volkov, Denis and Wilkin, John and Zhang, Dongxiao and Zhang, Linlin} }