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Sinking flux of particulate organic matter in the oceans: Sensitivity to particle characteristics by Omand, Melissa M., Govindarajan, Rama, He, Jing, Mahadevan, Amala

“…The sinking of organic particles produced in the upper sunlit layers of the ocean forms an important limb of the oceanic biological pump, which impacts the…”
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Eddy-driven subduction exports particulate organic carbon from the spring bloom by Omand, Melissa M., D'Asaro, Eric A., Lee, Craig M., Perry, Mary Jane, Briggs, Nathan, Cetinić, Ivona, Mahadevan, Amala

“…The export of particulate organic carbon (POC) from the surface ocean to depth is traditionally ascribed to sinking. Here, we show that a dynamic eddying flow…”
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Physical and biological processes underlying the sudden surface appearance of a red tide in the nearshore by Omand, Melissa M., Leichter, James J., Franks, Peter J. S., Guza, R. T., Lucas, Andrew J., Fedderse, Falk

“…The sudden appearance at the surface of an alongshore-parallel band of red tide near Huntington Beach, California, is described in high spatial and temporal…”
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Virtual Reality and Oceanography: Overview, Applications, and Perspective by Walcutt, Noah L, Knörlein, Benjamin, Sgouros, Tom, Cetinic, Ivona, Omand, Melissa M.

“…With the ongoing, exponential increase in ocean data from autonomous platforms, satellites, models, and in particular, the growing field of quantitative…”
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Cloud shadows drive vertical migrations of deep-dwelling marine life by Omand, Melissa M., Steinberg, Deborah K., Stamieszkin, Karen

“…Many zooplankton and fishes vertically migrate on a diel cycle to avoid predation, moving from their daytime residence in darker, deep waters to prey-rich…”
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The Outsized Role of Salps in Carbon Export in the Subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean by Steinberg, Deborah K., Stamieszkin, Karen, Maas, Amy E., Durkin, Colleen A., Passow, Uta, Estapa, Margaret L., Omand, Melissa M., McDonnell, Andrew M. P., Karp‐Boss, Lee, Galbraith, Moira, Siegel, David A.

“…Periodic blooms of salps (pelagic tunicates) can result in high export of organic matter, leading to an “outsized” role in the ocean's biological carbon pump…”
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Freshwater in the Bay of Bengal: Its Fate and Role in Air-Sea Heat Exchange by Mahadevan, Amala, Jaeger, Gualtiero Spiro, Freilich, Mara, Omand, Melissa M., Shroyer, Emily L., Sengupta, Debasis

“…The strong salinity stratification in the upper 50–80 m of the Bay of Bengal affects the response of the upper ocean to surface heat fluxes. Using observations…”
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Assessment of Holographic Microscopy for Quantifying Marine Particle Size and Concentration by Walcutt, Noah L., Knörlein, Benjamin, Cetinic, Ivona, Ljubesic, Zrinka, Bosak, Suncica, Sgouros, Tom, Montalbano, Amanda L., Neeley, Aimee, Menden-Deuer, Susanne, Omand, Melissa M.

“…Holographic microscopy has emerged as a tool for in situ imaging of microscopic organisms and other particles in the marine environment: appealing because of…”
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Effects of Freshwater Stratification on Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen, and Phytoplankton in the Bay of Bengal by Sarma, V.V.S.S., Rao, G.D., Viswanadham, R., Sherin, C.K., Salisbury, Joseph, Omand, Melissa M., Mahadevan, Amala, Murty, V.S.N., Shroyer, Emily L., Baumgartner, Mark, Stafford, Kathleen M.

“…The Bay of Bengal (BoB) is strongly density stratified due to large freshwater input from various rivers and heavy precipitation. This strong vertical…”
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A New Technology for Continuous Long-Range Tracking of Fish and Lobster by Rossby, Thomas, Fischer, Godi, Omand, Melissa M.

“…In an article on horizontal diffusion, Henry Stommel (1949) suggested using the recently discovered deep sound or SOFAR channel to track neutrally buoyant…”
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The Interplay Between Submesoscale Instabilities and Turbulence in the Surface Layer of the Bay of Bengal by Sarkar, Sutanu, Pham, Hieu T., Ramachandran, Sanjiv, Nash, Jonathan D., Tandon, Amit, Buckley, Jared, Lotliker, Aneesh A., Omand, Melissa M.

“…The Air-Sea Interactions Regional Initiative (ASIRI) aims to understand vertical fluxes of momentum and heat across the surface layer in the Bay of Bengal. As…”
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Penetrative Radiative Flux in the Bay of Bengal by Lotliker, Aneesh A., Omand, Melissa M., Lucas, Andrew J., Laney, Samuel R., Mahadevan, Amala, Ravichandran, M.

“…The Bay of Bengal (BoB), a semi-enclosed basin in the northern Indian Ocean, is a complex region with large freshwater inputs and strong vertical…”
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Adrift Upon a Salinity-Stratified Sea: A View of Upper-Ocean Processes in the Bay of Bengal During the Southwest Monsoon by Lucas, Andrew J., Nash, Jonathan D., Pinkel, Robert, MacKinnon, Jennifer A., Tandon, Amit, Mahadevan, Amala, Omand, Melissa M., Freilich, Mara, Sengupta, Debasis, Ravichandran, M., Le Boyer, Arnaud

“…The structure and variability of upper-ocean properties in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) modulate air-sea interactions, which profoundly influence the pattern and…”
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Using Bio-Optics to Reveal Phytoplankton Physiology from a Wirewalker Autonomous Platform by Omand, Melissa M., Cetinić, Ivona, Lucas, Andrew J.

“…Rapid, wave-powered profiling of bio-optical properties from an autonomous Wirewalker platform provides useful insights into phytoplankton physiology,…”
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ASIRI: An Ocean–Atmosphere Initiative for Bay of Bengal by Wijesekera, Hemantha W., Shroyer, Emily, Tandon, Amit, Ravichandran, M., Sengupta, Debasis, Jinadasa, S. U. P., Fernando, Harindra J. S., Agrawal, Neeraj, Arulananthan, K., Bhat, G. S., Baumgartner, Mark, Buckley, Jared, Centurioni, Luca, Conry, Patrick, Farrar, J. Thomas, Gordon, Arnold L., Hormann, Verena, Jarosz, Ewa, Jensen, Tommy G., Johnston, Shaun, Lankhorst, Matthias, Lee, Craig M., Leo, Laura S., Lozovatsky, Iossif, Lucas, Andrew J., Mackinnon, Jennifer, Mahadevan, Amala, Nash, Jonathan, Omand, Melissa M., Pham, Hieu, Pinkel, Robert, Rainville, Luc, Ramachandran, Sanjiv, Rudnick, Daniel L., Sarkar, Sutanu, Send, Uwe, Sharma, Rashmi, Simmons, Harper, Stafford, Kathleen M., St. Laurent, Louis, Venayagamoorthy, Karan, Venkatesan, Ramasamy, Teague, William J., Wang, David W., Waterhouse, Amy F., Weller, Robert, Whalen, Caitlin B.

“…Air-Sea Interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean (ASIRI) is an international research effort (2013–17) aimed at understanding and quantifying coupled…”
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Large-scale alignment of oceanic nitrate and density by Omand, Melissa M., Mahadevan, Amala

“…By analyzing global data, we find that over large scales, surfaces of constant nitrate are often better aligned with isopycnals than with isobars, particularly…”
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Measuring Fluorescent Dye in the Bubbly and Sediment-Laden Surfzone by Clark, David B., Feddersen, Falk, Omand, Melissa M., Guza, R. T.

“…Decisions about recreational beach closures would be enhanced if better estimates of surfzone contaminant transport and dilution were available. In situ…”
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Influence of bubbles and sand on chlorophyll‐a fluorescence measurements in the surfzone by Omand, Melissa M., Feddersen, Falk, Clark, David B., Franks, Peter J.S., Leichter, James J., Guza, R.T.

“…Continuous chlorophyll‐a (Chla) measurements in the surfzone (region of wave‐breaking adjacent to the shoreline) would increase understanding of harmful algal…”
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A Visual Tour of Carbon Export by Sinking Particles by Durkin, Colleen A, Buesseler, Ken O, Cetinic, Ivona, Estapa, Margaret L, Kelly, Roger P, Omand, Melissa M

“…To better quantify the ocean's biological carbon pump, we resolved the diversity of sinking particles that transport carbon into the ocean's interior, their…”
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A new, global optical sediment trap calibration by Estapa, Margaret L., Durkin, Colleen Andrea, Slade, Wayne H., Huffard, Christine L., O'Neill, Sean P., Omand, Melissa M.

“…Autonomous sensors for gravitational carbon flux in the ocean are critically needed, because of uncertainties in the projected response of the biological…”
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