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Satellite ocean color studies of Antarctic ice edges in summer and autumnLarge areas of elevated phytoplanton pigment concentration were observed using CZCS satellite data in the Weddell Sea marginal ice zone and adjacent regions during the austral summer-autumn transition. Pigment values higher in the south than in the north indicate that, besides the irradiance, there are other factors controlling spatial distributions of the phytoplankton pigment concentrations at this time. Low pigment concentrations (as in observations near the Greenwich meridian) may result from turbulent oceanic and atmospheric forcings during the early stage of sea ice development. The data indicate that the phytoplankton blooms are not only characteristic of the spring/summer period, but also extend into the austral autumn and may contribute significantly to regional productivity.
Document ID
19900053173
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Comiso, J. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Maynard, N. G.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Smith, W. O., Jr.
(Tennessee, University Knoxville, United States)
Sullivan, C. W.
(Southern California, University Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
June 15, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
90A40228
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-87-13916
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-84-20213
Distribution Limits
Public
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