Longitudinal contrast in turbulence along a  ∼ 19°&thinsp;S section in the Pacific and its consequences for biogeochemical fluxes

Bouruet-Aubertot, Pascale; Cuypers, Yannis; Doglioli, Andrea; Caffin, Mathieu; Yohia, Christophe; de Verneil, Alain; Petrenko, Anne; Lefèvre, Dominique; Le Goff, Hervé; Rougier, Gilles; Picheral, Marc; Moutin, Thierry

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7485-2018

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21 Dec 2018

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| 21 Dec 2018

Longitudinal contrast in turbulence along a ∼ 19° S section in the Pacific and its consequences for biogeochemical fluxes

Pascale Bouruet-Aubertot, Yannis Cuypers, Andrea Doglioli, Mathieu Caffin, Christophe Yohia, Alain de Verneil, Anne Petrenko, Dominique Lefèvre, Hervé Le Goff, Gilles Rougier, Marc Picheral, and Thierry Moutin

Data sets

OUTPACE, Oligotrophy to UlTra-oligotrophy PACific Experiment, Data and Metadata INSU/CNRS LEFE CYBER http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/proof/php/outpace/outpace.php

Short summary

The OUTPACE cruise took place between New Caledonia and French Polynesia. The main purpose was to understand how micro-organisms can survive in a very poor environment. One main source of nutrients is at depth, below the euphotic layer where micro-organisms live. The purpose of the turbulence measurements was to determine to which extent turbulence may uplift nutrients into the euphotic layer. The origin of the turbulence that was found contrasted along the transect was also determined.