Satellite derived euphotic depth in the Southern Ocean: Implications for primary production modelling

Satellite derived euphotic depth in the Southern Ocean: Implications for primary production modelling

Confirmation of ENSO-Southern Ocean Teleconnections Using Satellite-Derived SST

The Southern Ocean is the focus of many physical, chemical, and biological analyses due to its global importance and highly variable climate. This analysis of sea surface temperatures (SST) and global teleconnections shows that SSTs are significantly spatially correlated with both the Antarctic Oscillation and the Southern Oscillation, with spatial correlations between the indices and standardi...

Phytoplankton chlorophyll distributions and primary production in the Southern Ocean

Satellite ocean color data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) were used to examine distributions of chlorophyll concentration within the Southern Ocean for the period October 1997 through September 1998. Over most of the Southern Ocean, mean chlorophyll concentrations remained quite low (,0.3–0.4 mg m). Phytoplankton blooms where chlorophyll concentration exceeded 1.0 mg m...

Three improved satellite chlorophyll algorithms for the Southern Ocean

[1] Remote sensing of Southern Ocean chlorophyll concentrations is the most effective way to detect large-scale changes in phytoplankton biomass driven by seasonality and climate change. However, the current algorithms for the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, algorithm OC4v6), the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS-Aqua, algorithm OC3M), and GlobColour significa...

Characterization of MODIS-derived euphotic zone depth: Results for the China Sea