Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic
6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.-- Supporting information http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007GL031862/suppinfo Past studies have shown that surface chlorophyll-a concentrations increase in the wake of hurricanes. Given the reported increase in the intensity of North Atlantic hurricanes in re...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/15499 2024-02-11T10:06:08+01:00 Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic Hanshaw, Maiana N. Lozier, M. Susan Palter, Jaime B. 2008-01-01 2379602 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/15499 https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031862 en eng American Geophysical Union https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031862 Geophysical Research Letters 35(1): L01601 (2008) 0094-8276 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/15499 doi:10.1029/2007GL031862 open Ocean color Hurricanes Productivity artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2008 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031862 2024-01-16T09:23:04Z 6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.-- Supporting information http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007GL031862/suppinfo Past studies have shown that surface chlorophyll-a concentrations increase in the wake of hurricanes. Given the reported increase in the intensity of North Atlantic hurricanes in recent years, increasing chlorophyll-a concentrations, perhaps an indication of increasing biological productivity, would be an expected consequence. However, in order to understand the impact of variable hurricane activity on ocean biology, the magnitude of the hurricane-induced chlorophyll increase relative to other events that stir or mix the upper ocean must be assessed. This study investigates the upper ocean biological response to tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic from 1997–2005. Specifically, we quantitatively compare the anomalous chlorophyll-a concentrations created by cyclone activity to the total distribution of anomalies in the subtropical waters. We show that the cyclone-induced chlorophyll-a increase has minimal impact on the integrated biomass budget, a result that holds even when taking into consideration the lagged and asymmetrical response of ocean color The authors gratefully acknowledge the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and support from the National Science Foundation Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Geophysical Research Letters 35 1 |
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6 pages, 3 figures, 1 table.-- Supporting information http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007GL031862/suppinfo Past studies have shown that surface chlorophyll-a concentrations increase in the wake of hurricanes. Given the reported increase in the intensity of North Atlantic hurricanes in recent years, increasing chlorophyll-a concentrations, perhaps an indication of increasing biological productivity, would be an expected consequence. However, in order to understand the impact of variable hurricane activity on ocean biology, the magnitude of the hurricane-induced chlorophyll increase relative to other events that stir or mix the upper ocean must be assessed. This study investigates the upper ocean biological response to tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic from 1997–2005. Specifically, we quantitatively compare the anomalous chlorophyll-a concentrations created by cyclone activity to the total distribution of anomalies in the subtropical waters. We show that the cyclone-induced chlorophyll-a increase has minimal impact on the integrated biomass budget, a result that holds even when taking into consideration the lagged and asymmetrical response of ocean color The authors gratefully acknowledge the SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and support from the National Science Foundation Peer reviewed |
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Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic |
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Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic |
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Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic |
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Integrated impact of tropical cyclones on sea surface chlorophyll in the North Atlantic |
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