title: The programme 'sections' and monitoring of World Ocean.
abstract: The main scientific problems of the programme on investigating the World Ocean's role in short-range climatic variations are discussed. It has been shown that data obtained within the framework of the SECTIONS, TOGA and other programmes should serve as a baseline for ocean physical characteristics monitoring. Some preliminary numerical experiments have been carried out.
authors.affiliation: Computing Mathematics Department of the U.S.S.R. Akademy of Sciences, USSR.
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Marchuk
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sarkisyan
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Dymnikov
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Kurbatkin