Jonsson, Bror: Plymouth Marine Laboratory (Project Lead)
Project Funding:
2014 - 2016
NRA: 2013 NASA: Carbon Cycle Science
Funded by NASA
Abstract:
With this proposal we seek to improve our understanding of processes controlling carbonate system variability in coastal areas, and to demonstrate that ocean color satellite data are poised to play an integral role in this field of research. We will use Lagrangian tracking of virtual particles in combination with high resolution MODIS Aqua and MERIS satellite fields to distinguish the relative effects that biological and physical processes play in regulating the carbonate system of coastal waters. The proposed project expands upon novel work developed to estimate rates of biogeochemical change using ocean color data cast within the context of modeled velocity fields. Using output from a high-resolution general circulation model (GCM) we propose to track the carbonate system and biological variables from river mouths through the coastal zone onto the open ocean boundary. An application of these methods will provide estimates of processes affecting acidification including physical residence times, mixing, dispersion, and net local terms associated with community productivity.
Publications:
Jonsson, B. F., Salisbury, J. E. 2016. Episodicity in phytoplankton dynamics in a coastal region. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(11), 5821-5828. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068683
Salisbury, J. E., Jonsson, B. F. 2018. Rapid warming and salinity changes in the Gulf of Maine alter surface ocean carbonate parameters and hide ocean acidification. Biogeochemistry. 141(3), 401-418. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-018-0505-3
Salisbury, J., Vandemark, D., Jonsson, B., Balch, W., Chakraborty, S., Lohrenz, S., Chapron, B., Hales, B., Mannino, A., Mathis, J., Reul, N., Signorini, S., Wanninkhof, R., Yates, K. 2015. How Can Present and Future Satellite Missions Support Scientific Studies that Address Ocean Acidification? Oceanography. 25(2), 108-121. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.35
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