Autonomous Profilers for Carbon System and Biological Observations

Abstract

A major oceanographic problem is to understand the biogeochemical dynamics of the upper kilometer of the water column. Such an understanding is fundamental to the predictability of the processes partitioning carbon between atmosphere and ocean and of those redistributing carbon and associated elements within the water column. Key to predictability is understanding day-to-day variability of processes governing abundances of carbon species (dissolved and particulate, inorganic and organic) in the watercolumn.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA629641

Entities

People

  • Casey Moore
  • James K. Bishop
  • Jeffrey T. Sherman
  • Russ E. Davis

Organizations

  • University of California Regents

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Biological Processes
  • Chemical Detectors
  • Detectors
  • Field Tests
  • Information Operations
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Instruments
  • Particulates
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Platforms
  • Satellite Communications
  • Standards
  • Underwater Gliders

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers