Examining several Southern Ocean data sets

• Main Authors: Mcclain, Charles R., Koblinsky, Chester J., Firestone, James, Darzi, Michael, Yeh, Eueng-Nan, Beckley, Brian D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: 48; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19920068802

Several datasets regarding the ocean in the Southern Hemisphere are combined into a coregistered format to analyze the use of the data in multidisciplinary research. The datasets are described detailing bathymetric climatological data on surface pigment concentration, eddy-kinetic-energy measurements, surface wind-stress magnitudes, sea-surface temperatures, surface densities, and nitrate concentrations. The data are combined in a common projection which facilitates the comparison of the fields, and the combined data yield insights regarding such phenomena as bottom topography, surface heat and moisture fluxes, and divergences in flow. The number of available datasets is shown to be good, and the data can be used to develop working hypotheses on the relationships between physical and biogeochemical processes.