Satellite observations of new phytoplankton blooms in the Maud Rise Polynya, Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Jena, Babula, Narayana Pillai, Anilkumar
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Curl; Maud Rise; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-282; https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-282/

Appearance of new phytoplankton blooms with in the sea-ice cover has large importance considering the upper ocean primary production that controls the biological pump with the implications for atmospheric CO 2 and global climate. Satellite derived chlorophyll- a concentration showed the unprecedente...