Remotely Sensed Biological Production in the Equatorial Pacific

A combination of ship, buoy, and satellite observations in the tropical Pacific during the period from 1992 to 2000 provides a basin-scale perspective on the net effects of El Niño and La Niña on biogeochemical cycles. New biological production during the 1997-99 El Niño/La Niña period varied by mor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2001-07, Vol.293 (5529), p.471-474
Hauptverfasser:	Turk, Daniela, McPhaden, Michael J., Busalacchi, Antonio J., Lewis, Marlon R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atmosphere Biological production Biomass Capacitance Carbon Carbon - metabolism Carbon cycle Carbon Dioxide Climate change Climatic changes Dielectric materials Earth, ocean, space El Nino/La Nina cycle Exact sciences and technology External geophysics Germanium Isotherms Marine Meteorological research Meteorology Ocean currents Oceans Pacific Ocean Physical and chemical properties of sea water Physics of the oceans Phytoplankton - metabolism Production estimates Satellite Communications Sea level Temperature Thermoclines Tropical Climate
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Zusammenfassung:	A combination of ship, buoy, and satellite observations in the tropical Pacific during the period from 1992 to 2000 provides a basin-scale perspective on the net effects of El Niño and La Niña on biogeochemical cycles. New biological production during the 1997-99 El Niño/La Niña period varied by more than a factor of 2. The resulting interannual changes in global carbon sequestration associated with the El Niño/La Niña cycle contributed to the largest known natural perturbation of the global carbon cycle over these time scales.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.1056449