So, it can help us in building a profile of different factors which work together within the world's oceans.

所以它为了我们研究世界洋而建立起洋多面体。

What you can do is imagine a sequence of different  polyhedra that successively approximate a sphere, in the sense that their faces hug tighter and  tighter around the genuine surface of the sphere.

你可以想象系列多面体， 它们依次逼近球体，也就是说它们面越来越紧密地贴合在球体真实表面周围。

More importantly it's full of the equipment that's designed to collect data. So, it can help us in building a profile of different factors which work together within the world's oceans.

更重要是，它装满了用来收集数据装备。所以它为了我们研究世界洋而建立起洋多面体。