3-D Mapping of Ocean Water Masses and Provinces

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3-D Mapping of Ocean Water Masses and Provinces Matthew Oliver (U. Del.) Matthew Grossi (U. Del) Erick Geiger (U. Del) Argo Profile Distribution Province Distribution

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3-D Mapping of Ocean Water Masses and Provinces. Argo Profile Distribution. Province Distribution. Matthew Oliver (U. Del.) Matthew Grossi (U. Del) Erick Geiger (U. Del). Mapping Dynamic Ocean Biogeographic Provinces. Thursday 12:15pm. Andrew Irwin (Mt. Allison University) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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3-D Mapping of Ocean Water Masses and Provinces

Matthew Oliver (U. Del.)

Matthew Grossi (U. Del)

Erick Geiger (U. Del)

Argo Profile Distribution Province Distribution

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Mapping Dynamic Ocean Biogeographic Provinces

Andrew Irwin (Mt. Allison University)

Matthew Oliver (U. Del.)

Oscar Schofield (Rutgers)

Paul Falkowski (Rutgers)

Thursday 12:15pm

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Typical Argo Profile

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Reflections on the European Pine SawflyHolling, C.S. 1959. The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European pine sawfly.

Canad. Entomol. 91: 293-320.Holling, C.S. 1959. Some characteristics of simple types of predation and parasitism. Canad. Entomol. 91: 385-398.

Prey switching

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Reflections on the European Pine SawflyHolling, C.S. 1959. The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European pine sawfly.

Canad. Entomol. 91: 293-320.Holling, C.S. 1959. Some characteristics of simple types of predation and parasitism. Canad. Entomol. 91: 385-398.

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Reflections on the European Pine Sawfly

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All Models are wrong, some are useful – G. Box

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Argo Analysis

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ARGO DATA ASSESSMENT USING QUALITY CONTROL (QC) FLAGSNo. of profiles Remaining

Downloaded 500253Missing variables 2000 498253Failed QC 82962 415291Profile <10 m 920 414371Total analyzed: 414371

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Future Work

Work on minimizing the number of parameters to fit a curve

Moving analysis beyond density and into temperature and salinity

Moving analysis into coastal ocean

Matching with Water Masses and Biomes

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