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Lagrangian and Eulerian time and length scales of mesoscale ocean chlorophyll from Bio-Argo floats and satellites
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Scott C. Doney
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Alice Della Penna
Institute of Marine Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New
Zealand
School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New
Zealand
Emmanuel S. Boss
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
Peter Gaube
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Michael J. Behrenfeld
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR, USA
David M. Glover
Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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As phytoplankton (small, drifting photosynthetic organisms) drift with ocean currents, biomass accumulation rates should be evaluated in a Lagrangian (observer moves with a fluid parcel) as opposed to an Eulerian (observer is stationary) framework. Here, we use profiling floats and surface drifters combined with satellite data to analyse time and length scales of chlorophyll concentrations (a proxy for biomass) and of velocity to quantify how phytoplankton variability is related to water motion.
As phytoplankton (small, drifting photosynthetic organisms) drift with ocean currents, biomass...
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