Time series of coccolithophore activity in the Barents Sea, from twenty years of satellite imagery
be sensitive to climate change. A comparison of global Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS, 1978–1986) and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, 1997– present) imagery appears to show them advancing into some sub-Arctic seas. To determine when coccolithophore blooms appeared in the Barents Se...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.659.6290 2023-05-15T14:02:05+02:00 Time series of coccolithophore activity in the Barents Sea, from twenty years of satellite imagery T. J. Smyth T. Tyrrell B. Tarrant The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2004 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.659.6290 http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/soes/staff/tt/eh/barents.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.659.6290 http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/soes/staff/tt/eh/barents.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/soes/staff/tt/eh/barents.pdf Ocean optics 4207 Oceanography General Arctic and Antarctic text 2004 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T16:46:43Z be sensitive to climate change. A comparison of global Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS, 1978–1986) and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, 1997– present) imagery appears to show them advancing into some sub-Arctic seas. To determine when coccolithophore blooms appeared in the Barents Sea this paper makes use of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) visible channel data which bridges the gap between the CZCS and SeaWiFS missions (1981–present). Analysis of over 3700 AVHRR images has shown coccolithophore blooms to be unambiguously present between 1989–1992 but probably absent in other pre-SeaWiFS years. This paper shows a correlation between positive temperature- negative salinity anomalies in the Barents Sea and bloom occurrence. If global warming continues to trigger increased warmth and freshwater runoff in the region then there may be an increased frequency of coccolithophore blooms within the Text Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Barents Sea Climate change Global warming Unknown Antarctic Arctic Barents Sea |
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be sensitive to climate change. A comparison of global Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS, 1978–1986) and Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS, 1997– present) imagery appears to show them advancing into some sub-Arctic seas. To determine when coccolithophore blooms appeared in the Barents Sea this paper makes use of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) visible channel data which bridges the gap between the CZCS and SeaWiFS missions (1981–present). Analysis of over 3700 AVHRR images has shown coccolithophore blooms to be unambiguously present between 1989–1992 but probably absent in other pre-SeaWiFS years. This paper shows a correlation between positive temperature- negative salinity anomalies in the Barents Sea and bloom occurrence. If global warming continues to trigger increased warmth and freshwater runoff in the region then there may be an increased frequency of coccolithophore blooms within the |
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Time series of coccolithophore activity in the Barents Sea, from twenty years of satellite imagery |
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