Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
A massive new simulator brings 36,000 gallons of seawater into the laboratory to create the world’s most sophisticated replica ocean. The Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography gives scientists the ability to replicate what takes place in the ocean while controlling conditions. SOARS can mimic polar to tropical conditions, create near-hurricane force winds, and enable study of microscopic ocean life. With SOARS, scientists can observe present-day conditions and determine how our ocean and atmosphere will respond to a changing climate.
This $4 million ocean simulator was funded by the National Science Foundation and UC San Diego, and constructed by AeroLab.
This video features interviews with Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Grant Deane, Kimberly Prather, and Dale Stokes.
More on this new simulator can be found at https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/soars-readies-flight.
#OceanScience #AtmosphericScience #Innovation #Technology #ScrippsOceanography #Aerosols #OceanSimulator #NSFFunded #NSFStories #UCSanDiego
0:10 Grant Deane introduces SOARS
0:51 Kim Prather explains what makes SOARS different
1:20 SOARS system animation
2:45 SOARS' four operation modes: Wind-Wave, Aerosol, Ecology, Polar
3:10 Dale Stokes on how SOARS can model the "ocean of the future"
A massive new simulator brings 36,000 gallons of seawater into the laboratory to create the world’s most sophisticated replica ocean. The Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography gives scientists the ability to replicate what takes place in the ocean while controlling conditions. SOARS can mimic polar to tropical conditions, create near-hurricane force winds, and enable study of microscopic ocean life. With SOARS, scientists can observe present-day conditions and determine how our ocean and atmosphere will respond to a changing climate.
This $4 million ocean simulator was funded by the National Science Foundation and UC San Diego, and constructed by AeroLab.
This video features interviews with Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Grant Deane, Kimberly Prather, and Dale Stokes.
More on this new simulator can be found at https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/soars-readies-flight.
#OceanScience #AtmosphericScience #Innovation #Technology #ScrippsOceanography #Aerosols #OceanSimulator #NSFFunded #NSFStories #UCSanDiego
0:10 Grant Deane introduces SOARS
0:51 Kim Prather explains what makes SOARS different
1:20 SOARS system animation
2:45 SOARS' four operation modes: Wind-Wave, Aerosol, Ecology, Polar
3:10 Dale Stokes on how SOARS can model the "ocean of the future"
