JGR: Oceans embraces the application of physics, chemistry, biology, and geology to the study of the oceans and their interaction with other components of the Earth system. Deepening the integrated knowledge of the sea utilizes new observational, analytical, computational and modeling capabilities to build upon established approaches in all areas of marine science.

JGR:海洋包括物理、化學、生物學和地質學的應用，以研究海洋及其與地球系統其他組成部分的相互作用。深化海洋綜合知識利用新的觀測、分析、計算和建模能力，以海洋科學所有領域的既定方法為基礎。