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200 profiling floats over 6 years with pH, NO3
-, O2, biooptics with calibration tied to GO-SHIP observations
Southern Ocean State Estimate model to get 4D fluxes
Improved coupled climate model (GFDL) predictions of Southern Ocean role in carbon and climate
SOCCOM funded by NSF for 6 years with additional support from NOAA and NASA
Lynne Talley, SIO
Steve Riser, U. W.
Theme IObservations
Theme IIModeling
Theme IIIEducation & Outreach
Joellen Russell, U. Arizona
Jorge Sarmiento, Princeton
Ken Johnson
Directorate
Biooptics (Emmanuel Boss, Maine, Oscar Schofield, Rutgers)
Heidi Cullen, Climate Central
23 senior researchers at 11 institutions
SOCCOM Float 9254
Dept
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SOCCOM Float 9092
SOCCOM Float 9095
SOCCOM Float 9254
Dept
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SOCCOM Float 9092
SOCCOM Float 9095
Float 9095 spring bloom carbon cycle
Float 9095 spring bloom carbon cycle (upper 40 m)
Δ = 6.9 µM
Δ = 42 µM
Redfield C/N = 6.6Float = 6.2
Float 9091 – ice edge bloom
0 Chlorophyll ug/L 100 33 Salinity 35
SOCCOM float 0511 at 65 South
0 Chlorophyll ug/L 50
0 Backscatter /m /sr 0.003
