Operational Oceanography: A New Branch of Modern Oceanological Science

Abstract

The current state of research in operational oceanography in leading countries of the world and the prospects of this trend in Russia, as well as ways to intensify it, are analyzed. The history of the formation of the fundamentals and principles of operational monitoring of the ocean in the Soviet Union in the 1970s‒1980s is considered, and the leadership of Soviet oceanologists in this process is shown. The development of the system of the operational monitoring of the ocean and its seas, as well as the main operational marine forecast systems, is reviewed. The structure of the Black Sea Marine Forecast Center, which was created under the RAS Marine Hydrophysical Institute in accordance with European standards, is discussed in detail, and prospects to develop domestic marine forecast systems are discussed.