Sentences with phrase «ocean processes»

As part of the research projects SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) and BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification) the KOSMOS system was deployed in the Raunefjord at the west coast of Norway, were blooms of Emiliania huxleyi regularly occur in late spring.

The work was supported by the projects SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) and BIOACID (Biological impacts of Ocean Acidification), both funded by the Bundesminsterium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) and is a contribution to the international SOLAS project (Surface Ocean — Lower Atmosphere Study).

Explore further: Study reveals potential stability of ocean processes despite climate change

By bringing together microbial ecologists, biogeochemists her group examines the influence of microbial communities on coastal ocean processes, especially in light of a changing climate.

``... as sea ice melts, Arctic waters warm, greatly altering ocean processes, which in turn have an effect on Arctic and global climate, says Michael Steele, senior oceanographer at the University of Washington, Seattle.

This new data collection tool will help both ocean and atmospheric scientists study exactly how cyclones and storms affect ocean processes.

Upper - ocean processes dissipate heat, transport nutrients and impact the uptake of carbon dioxide — making circulation a critical driver of biological activity in the ocean.

Over the period 1984 — 2006 the global changes are 0.28 °C in SST and − 9.1 W m − 2 in Q, giving an effective air — sea coupling coefficient of − 32 W m − 2 °C − 1... [D] iminished ocean cooling due to vertical ocean processes played an important role in sustaining the observed positive trend in global SST from 1984 through 2006, despite the decrease in global surface heat flux.

Note extreme temperature maximums of 5 - 8 °C and that multiple ice, atmosphere and ocean processes help reinforce albedo feedbacks (after Wood et al., submitted).

However, I thought the Judith's basic position was we don't understand the long term ocean processes well enough (hence we need paleo for the oceans).

Develop and validate retrieval algorithms for ocean and sea ice parameters from various satellite Earth observation data, which in are used in studies of upper layer mesoscale ocean processes, air - sea - ice interaction, climate change studies and in operational oceanography.

To advance research and monitoring of upper ocean processes and dynamics by synergetic use of satellite, in - situ data and modelling.

Because weather patterns vary, causing temperatures to be higher or lower than average from time to time due to factors like ocean processes, cloud variability, volcanic activity, and other natural cycles, scientists take a longer - term view in order to consider all of the year - to - year changes.

«Results imply that global and regional warming rates depend sensitively on regional ocean processes setting the [ocean heat uptake] pattern, and that equilibrium climate sensitivity can not be reliably estimated from transient observations.»

Marine microorganisms that drive many global ocean processes (e.g. oxygen production, primary productivity and biogeochemical cycling) are able to adapt to ocean acidification [49].

The computer modeling they used in their study was able to identify when and where oxygen levels would likely reach historic lows that could not be recovered from, by simulating natural ocean processes and showing broad - scale patterns across the globe.

The field experiment with the KOSMOS mesocosms is conducted at Taliarte, Gran Canaria as a joint activity of the German research networks BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification) and SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) between January and April 2014.

For this experiment, the two German research networks BIOACID (Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification) and SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) cooperate with the Spanish research station Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias (PLOCAN) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC).

The US CLIVAR PSMI Panel seeks new panelists with prior expertise in field / process studies or model development in one or more of the following areas: (a) clouds, (b) high - frequency ocean - atmosphere interaction (diurnal to sub-seasonal), (c) coastal ocean processes, (d) high - latitude processes (i.e., Arctic, Antarctic, ocean - ice interactions), or (e) ocean biogeochemical cycles / ecosystem interactions.

For starters, as sea ice melts, Arctic waters warm, greatly altering ocean processes, which in turn have an effect on Arctic and global climate, says Michael Steele, senior oceanographer at the University of Washington, Seattle.

In many areas, for example, the coast is threatened not only from its seaward side by physical ocean processes, but also from its landward side by encroaching development.

The report found that ocean warming is affecting a multitude of ocean processes, including breeding and migration patterns of ocean species such as plankton, whales and fish.

Cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria, played an important role in the history of Earth and in ocean processes, including the development of stromatolites (see photograph on page 80).

The Marine Sciences Laboratory's, Sequim Marine Research Operations is located on Sequim Bay in Washington's Puget Sound, offers various research capabilities in ecotoxicology, analytical chemistry, wetland and coastal ecology, fisheries, ocean processes, remote sensing, biotechnology and remediation.

Overlaying social factors, levels of agricultural runoff, local pollution and upwelling, a natural ocean process that brings more corrosive deep ocean water to the surface, helps tease out regional differences in vulnerability.

Social and economic factors, local and more distant pollution and natural ocean processes could conspire to make ocean acidification a problem sooner rather than later.

So even if increased infrared radiation caused by man does try to warm the surface of the oceans those processes will increase immediately and neutralise at least the majority of any extra warming from additional down welling anthropogenic infrared radiation.

There are specific physical candidates that may explain the difference, for example volcanic activity, proper representation of ocean temperatures, and variability in ocean processes.

But new studies indicate that the forces behind the supposed hiatus are natural — and temporary — ocean processes that may already be changing course.

Recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports suggest that changes in climate and ocean processes will continue and likely increase.

Wang, M. Ikeda, K. Mizobata, and J. Overland, Abrupt climate changes and emerging ice - ocean processes in the Pacific Arctic region and the Bering Sea, Chapter 4, in The Pacific Arctic Region: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment, J. M. Grebmeier and W. Maslowski (eds.)

Icebergs can also serve as tools for scientists, who study them to learn more about climate and ocean processes.

By way of brief explanation, if the warming over the 20th century were due to some deep ocean process, we would not expect to see continents warming more rapidly than the oceans, or the oceans warming from the top down.

Air - sea interaction, wave dynamics and wave breaking, effect of near - surface turbulence on heat, gas, and momentum transport, infrared remote sensing, upper - ocean processes, coastal and estuarine processes.