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大洋而建个大洋体。

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.

你可以想象系列不同体， 它们依次逼近个球体，也就是说它们越来越紧密地贴合在球体真实表周围。

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大洋而建个大洋体。