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Biological control of surface temperature in the Arabian SeaIn the Arabian Sea, the southwest monsoon promotes seasonal upwelling of deep water, which supplies nutrients to the surface layer and leads to a marked increase in phytoplankton growth. Remotely sensed data on ocean color are used here to show that the resulting distribution of phytoplankton exerts a controlling influence on the seasonal evolution of sea surface temperature. This results in a corresponding modification of ocean-atmosphere heat exchange on regional and seasonal scales. It is shown that this biological mechanism may provide an important regulating influence on ocean-atmosphere interactions.
Document ID
19910037652
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
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Authors
Sathyendranath, Shubha
(Dalhousie University Halifax; Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada)
Gouveia, Albert D.
(Dalhousie Univ. Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada)
Shetye, Satish R.
(National Institute of Oceanography Goa, India)
Ravindran, P.
(Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada)
Platt, Trevor
(Bedford Institute of Oceanography Dartmouth, Canada)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 3, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 349
ISSN: 0028-0836
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
91A22275
Distribution Limits
Public
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