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立大洋的多面体。

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.

重要的是，它装满了用来收集数据的装备。所以它为了我们研究世界大洋而建立大洋的多面体。

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.

你可以想象系列不同的多面体相继近似于球体，从某种意义上说， 它们的面越来越紧地围绕球体的真实表面。