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View article: Pre‐existing phytoplankton biomass concentrations shape coastal plankton response to fire‐generated ash leachate
Pre‐existing phytoplankton biomass concentrations shape coastal plankton response to fire‐generated ash leachate Open
Climate‐driven warming is projected to intensify wildfires, increasing their frequency and severity globally. Wildfires are an increasingly significant source of atmospheric deposition, delivering nutrients, organic matter, and trace metal…
View article: Quantifying Biogeochemical Controls of Open Ocean CDOM From a Global Mechanistic Model
Quantifying Biogeochemical Controls of Open Ocean CDOM From a Global Mechanistic Model Open
Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) is an important part of ocean carbon biogeochemistry with relevance to long‐term observations of ocean biology due to its dominant light absorption properties. Thus, understanding the underlying…
View article: Assessment of oceanographic conditions during the North Atlantic EXport processes in the ocean from RemoTe sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign
Assessment of oceanographic conditions during the North Atlantic EXport processes in the ocean from RemoTe sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign Open
View article: EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) North Atlantic sensor calibration and intercalibration documents
EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) North Atlantic sensor calibration and intercalibration documents Open
The following documents collect information regarding the calibration and intercalibration of various sensors that were deployed during the North Atlantic field component of the NASA EXPORTS project (EXPORTS NA), which took place between M…
View article: Assessment of Oceanographic Conditions during the North Atlantic EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Field Campaign
Assessment of Oceanographic Conditions during the North Atlantic EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Field Campaign Open
This manuscript presents an overview of NASA’s EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing 2021 Field Campaign in the North Atlantic (EXPORTS NA) and provides quantitative and dynamical descriptions of the physical processes modulati…
View article: Reconciliation of total particulate organic carbon and nitrogen measurements determined using contrasting methods in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the NASA EXPORTS field campaign
Reconciliation of total particulate organic carbon and nitrogen measurements determined using contrasting methods in the North Pacific Ocean as part of the NASA EXPORTS field campaign Open
Measurements of particulate organic carbon (POC) are critical for understanding the ocean carbon cycle, including biogenic particle formation and removal processes, and for constraining models of carbon cycling at local, regional, and glob…
View article: Particle cycling rates at Station P as estimated from the inversion of POC concentration data
Particle cycling rates at Station P as estimated from the inversion of POC concentration data Open
Particle cycling rates in marine systems are difficult to measure directly, but of great interest in understanding how carbon and other elements are distributed throughout the ocean. Here, rates of particle production, aggregation, disaggr…
View article: An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment
An operational overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) Northeast Pacific field deployment Open
The goal of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing (EXPORTS) field campaign is to develop a predictive understanding of the export, fate, and carbon cycle impacts of global ocean net primary production. To accomplish this go…
View article: The Utility of Satellites and Autonomous Remote Sensing Platforms for Monitoring Offshore Aquaculture Farms: A Case Study for Canopy Forming Kelps
The Utility of Satellites and Autonomous Remote Sensing Platforms for Monitoring Offshore Aquaculture Farms: A Case Study for Canopy Forming Kelps Open
The emerging sector of offshore kelp aquaculture represents an opportunity to produce biofuel feedstock to help meet growing energy demand. Giant kelp represents an attractive aquaculture crop due to its rapid growth and production, howeve…
View article: Controls on Ocean Color Spectra Observed During the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES)
Controls on Ocean Color Spectra Observed During the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) Open
Satellite ocean color remote sensing is the primary method to retrieve synoptic measurements of the optical properties of the ocean on large spatial and regular time scales. Through bio-optical modeling, changes in ocean color spectra can …
View article: Review of US GO-SHIP (Global Oceans Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigators Program) An OCB and US CLIVAR Report
Review of US GO-SHIP (Global Oceans Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigators Program) An OCB and US CLIVAR Report Open
The following document constitutes a review of the US GO-SHIP program, performed under the auspices of US Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) and Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry (OCB) Programs. It is the product of an external rev…
View article: Regional patterns of physiological condition determine giant kelp net primary production dynamics
Regional patterns of physiological condition determine giant kelp net primary production dynamics Open
Photoautotrophs vary the concentration of photosynthetic pigments in response to changing environmental conditions. In the ocean, the chlorophyll a to carbon ratio (Chl:C) has been used as a proxy for the physiological condition of phytopl…
View article: Optical Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter Transformation in the Global Ocean
Optical Signatures of Dissolved Organic Matter Transformation in the Global Ocean Open
© The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Frontiers in Marine Science 2 (2016): 118, doi:10.3389/fmars.2015.00118.