Search Results - "Progress in oceanography"

A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves by Hobday, Alistair J., Alexander, Lisa V., Perkins, Sarah E., Smale, Dan A., Straub, Sandra C., Oliver, Eric C.J., Benthuysen, Jessica A., Burrows, Michael T., Donat, Markus G., Feng, Ming, Holbrook, Neil J., Moore, Pippa J., Scannell, Hillary A., Sen Gupta, Alex, Wernberg, Thomas

“…•Marine heatwaves cause a range of ecological impacts.•Consistent definition of marine heatwaves will advance comparison.•Metrics are defined to uniquely…”
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Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data by Woodgate, Rebecca A.

“…•The Bering Strait inflow to the Arctic increased from 2001 (∼0.7 Sv) to 2014 (∼1.2 Sv).•This is due to increasing far-field, pressure-head forcing, not local…”
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A review of ocean color remote sensing methods and statistical techniques for the detection, mapping and analysis of phytoplankton blooms in coastal and open oceans by Blondeau-Patissier, David, Gower, James F.R., Dekker, Arnold G., Phinn, Stuart R., Brando, Vittorio E.

“…The need for more effective environmental monitoring of the open and coastal ocean has recently led to notable advances in satellite ocean color technology and…”
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Wave modelling in coastal and inner seas by Cavaleri, L., Abdalla, S., Benetazzo, A., Bertotti, L., Bidlot, J.-R., Breivik, Ø., Carniel, S., Jensen, R.E., Portilla-Yandun, J., Rogers, W.E., Roland, A., Sanchez-Arcilla, A., Smith, J.M., Staneva, J., Toledo, Y., van Vledder, G.Ph, van der Westhuysen, A.J.

“…•A summary of the present state of the art in enclosed sea wave modelling.•Many examples of present modelling capability and limitations.•A deep discussion and…”
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Kuroshio intrusion into the South China Sea: A review by Nan, Feng, Xue, Huijie, Yu, Fei

“…•Past efforts on the Kuroshio intrusion into the SCS were reviewed in this work.•Results of observation, laboratory, theoretical analyses, and a range of…”
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Measuring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N by McCarthy, G.D., Smeed, D.A., Johns, W.E., Frajka-Williams, E., Moat, B.I., Rayner, D., Baringer, M.O., Meinen, C.S., Collins, J., Bryden, H.L.

“…•The RAPID moorings array is measuring the AMOC at 26.5°N continuously since 2004.•The AMOC has a strength of 17.2Sv and heat transport of 1.25PW over the…”
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Climate effects on temporal and spatial dynamics of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barents Sea by Dalpadado, Padmini, Arrigo, Kevin R., van Dijken, Gert L., Skjoldal, Hein Rune, Bagøien, Espen, Dolgov, Andrey V., Prokopchuk, Irina P., Sperfeld, Erik

“…•The Barents Sea is undergoing unprecedented changes in temperature and sea ice cover.•Less sea ice leads to more open water and longer growing seasons for…”
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System controls of coastal and open ocean oxygen depletion by Pitcher, Grant C., Aguirre-Velarde, Arturo, Breitburg, Denise, Cardich, Jorge, Carstensen, Jacob, Conley, Daniel J., Dewitte, Boris, Engel, Anja, Espinoza-Morriberón, Dante, Flores, Georgina, Garçon, Véronique, Graco, Michelle, Grégoire, Marilaure, Gutiérrez, Dimitri, Hernandez-Ayon, José Martin, Huang, Huai-Hsuan May, Isensee, Kirsten, Jacinto, María Elena, Levin, Lisa, Lorenzo, Alberto, Machu, Eric, Merma, Lander, Montes, Ivonne, SWA, Naqvi, Paulmier, Aurelien, Roman, Michael, Rose, Kenneth, Hood, Raleigh, Rabalais, Nancy N., Salvanes, Anne Gro V., Salvatteci, Renato, Sánchez, Sonia, Sifeddine, Abdelfettah, Tall, Abdoul Wahab, Plas, Anja K. van der, Yasuhara, Moriaki, Zhang, Jing, Zhu, ZY

“…•The epoch of the Anthropocene, a period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment, has witnessed a decline in…”
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Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea) by Schmidt, Natascha, Thibault, Delphine, Galgani, François, Paluselli, Andrea, Sempéré, Richard

“…•High temporal and spatial variability in MP concentrations in the Gulf of Lion.•Max. concentration: 1 · 106 items per km2 in Marseille (station #2).•MP size…”
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Occurrence of phthalate acid esters (PAEs) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea and the Rhone River by Paluselli, Andrea, Aminot, Yann, Galgani, François, Net, Sopheak, Sempéré, Richard

“…•First estimation of phthalate concentration in the Marseilles Bay.•First vertical profile (0–1500m) of PAEs in offshore water.•Variation of PAE composition…”
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Transparent exopolymer particles: Effects on carbon cycling in the ocean by Mari, Xavier, Passow, Uta, Migon, Christophe, Burd, Adrian B., Legendre, Louis

“…•Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) accumulate in surface waters due to their low density.•TEP sink when ballasted with high-density particles that…”
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The Chukchi slope current by Corlett, W. Bryce, Pickart, Robert S.

“…•Data reveal a current transporting Pacific-origin water west from Barrow Canyon.•The current follows the Chukchi slope, transporting 0.50±0.07Sv of Pacific…”
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Progress on circulation dynamics in the East China Sea and southern Yellow Sea: Origination, pathways, and destinations of shelf currents by Liu, Zhiqiang, Gan, Jianping, Hu, Jianyu, Wu, Hui, Cai, Zhongya, Deng, Yongfei

“…•The interaction of Kuroshio and Taiwan Strait Current have been extensively studied.•Taiwan Warm Current has inshore and offshore branches over the East China…”
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Mediterranean Sea large-scale low-frequency ocean variability and water mass formation rates from 1987 to 2007: A retrospective analysis by Pinardi, Nadia, Zavatarelli, Marco, Adani, Mario, Coppini, Giovanni, Fratianni, Claudia, Oddo, Paolo, Simoncelli, Simona, Tonani, Marina, Lyubartsev, Vladislav, Dobricic, Srdjan, Bonaduce, Antonio

“…We describe a synthesis of the Mediterranean Sea circulation structure and dynamics from a 23-year-long reanalysis of the ocean circulation carried out by…”
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Revisiting the circulation of the East Australian Current: Its path, separation, and eddy field by Oke, Peter R., Roughan, Moninya, Cetina-Heredia, Paulina, Pilo, Gabriela S., Ridgway, Kenneth R., Rykova, Tatiana, Archer, Matthew R., Coleman, Richard C., Kerry, Colette G., Rocha, Carlos, Schaeffer, Amandine, Vitarelli, Eduardo

“…•We present challenge the traditional view of the EAC system and offer a new interpretation.•The EAC is a meandering stream that feeds a field of eddies.•We…”
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Seasonal circulation patterns of the Yellow and East China Seas derived from satellite-tracked drifter trajectories and hydrographic observations by Lie, Heung-Jae, Cho, Cheol-Ho

“…•We report an overall review of circulation pattern of the Yellow and East China Seas.•Seasonal circulation patterns have been newly constructed from drifter…”
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Light and photosynthetic microalgae: A review of cellular- and molecular-scale optical processes by Lehmuskero, Anni, Skogen Chauton, Matilde, Boström, Tobias

“…[Display omitted] •Cellular and molecular level optical properties of algae are viewed.•The physics of scattering, absorption, and fluorescence are…”
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Marine cold-spells by Schlegel, Robert W., Darmaraki, Sofia, Benthuysen, Jessica A., Filbee-Dexter, Karen, Oliver, Eric C.J.

“…•A large body of literature exists on extreme cold ocean temperature events.•These events have well documented negative impacts but no consistent…”
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An overview of approaches and challenges for retrieving marine inherent optical properties from ocean color remote sensing by Werdell, P. Jeremy, McKinna, Lachlan I.W., Boss, Emmanuel, Ackleson, Steven G., Craig, Susanne E., Gregg, Watson W., Lee, Zhongping, Maritorena, Stéphane, Roesler, Collin S., Rousseaux, Cécile S., Stramski, Dariusz, Sullivan, James M., Twardowski, Michael S., Tzortziou, Maria, Zhang, Xiaodong

“…•Ocean color algorithms for obtaining marine inherent optical properties are reviewed.•Known uncertainties associated with each approach and knowledge gaps are…”
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Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments by Jacox, Michael G., Alexander, Michael A., Siedlecki, Samantha, Chen, Ke, Kwon, Young-Oh, Brodie, Stephanie, Ortiz, Ivonne, Tommasi, Desiree, Widlansky, Matthew J., Barrie, Daniel, Capotondi, Antonietta, Cheng, Wei, Di Lorenzo, Emanuele, Edwards, Christopher, Fiechter, Jerome, Fratantoni, Paula, Hazen, Elliott L., Hermann, Albert J., Kumar, Arun, Miller, Arthur J., Pirhalla, Douglas, Pozo Buil, Mercedes, Ray, Sulagna, Sheridan, Scott C., Subramanian, Aneesh, Thompson, Philip, Thorne, Lesley, Annamalai, Hariharasubramanian, Aydin, Kerim, Bograd, Steven J., Griffis, Roger B., Kearney, Kelly, Kim, Hyemi, Mariotti, Annarita, Merrifield, Mark, Rykaczewski, Ryan

“…•Marine ecosystem forecasts can aid ocean resource and coastal community management.•A range of statistical and dynamical forecast methods can be…”
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