Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesCooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder
Phytoplankton and ocean circulation
People
Year Awarded
2006
Type
IRP
Geography
CIRES
Can phytoplankton change SST and upper ocean circulation? Specific objectives of this research are 1) to determine the extent to which variability of SSTs and currents in ocean models are improved by the new penetrative solar radiation calculation from the satellite-derived ocean color data, and 2) To quantify the impact of space and time variations of penetrative solar radiation on upper ocean variabilities ranging from diurnal to seasonal time scales.