Estimates of net community production in the Southern Ocean determined from time series observations (2002–2011) of nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon, and surface ocean pCO2 in Drake Passage

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Other Authors: Munro, David (author), Lovenduski, Nicole (author), Stephens, Britton (author), Newberger, Timothy (author), Arrigo, Kevin (author), Takahashi, Taro (author), Quay, Paul (author), Sprintall, Janet (author), Freeman, Natalie (author), Sweeney, Colm (author)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: Austral; Curl; Drake Passage; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://nldr.library.ucar.edu/repository/collections/OSGC-000-000-021-754; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.12.014

In remote regions such as the open Southern Ocean, satellite observations often provide the only available tool with which to evaluate large-scale biogeochemical processes. However, these observations need to be carefully evaluated with in situ measurements. With an average of 20 crossings per year...