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Evaluation Of Search And Rescue Planning Tools On The West Florida Shelf, Benjamin O'Loughlin
Evaluation Of Search And Rescue Planning Tools On The West Florida Shelf, Benjamin O'Loughlin
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The Coast Guard conducts over 20,000 search and rescue cases a year with approximately 5% of them occurring within the coastal waters of the West Florida Shelf (WFS). Each search effort is planned using the Coast Guard’s Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System (SAROPS) which uses model inputs to create composite probability distributions based on the results of Monte Carlo projections of thousands of particle trajectories. However, SAROPS is limited by the quality of model inputs and their associated errors. This study utilizes observations from three surface drifter deployments on the WFS to evaluate the effectiveness of available surface current …
Sunlight Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence In The Near-Infrared Spectral Region In Natural Waters: Interpretations Of The Narrow Reflectance Peak Around 761nm, Yingcheng Lu, Linhai Li, Minwei Zhang, Shaojie Sun, Chunguang Lv
Sunlight Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence In The Near-Infrared Spectral Region In Natural Waters: Interpretations Of The Narrow Reflectance Peak Around 761nm, Yingcheng Lu, Linhai Li, Minwei Zhang, Shaojie Sun, Chunguang Lv
Marine Science Faculty Publications
Sunlight induced chlorophyll a fluorescence (SICF) can be used as a probe to estimate chlorophyll a concentrations (Chl) and infer phytoplankton physiology. SICF at ∼685 nm has been widely applied to studies of natural waters. SICF around 740 nm has been demonstrated to cause a narrow reflectance peak at ∼761 nm in the reflectance spectra of terrestrial vegetation. This narrow peak has also been observed in the reflectance spectra of natural waters, but its mechanism and applications have not yet been investigated and it has often been treated as measurement artifacts. In this study, we aimed to interpret …
West Florida Shelf Connectivity: An Exploratory Study, Amanda Sue Reinert
West Florida Shelf Connectivity: An Exploratory Study, Amanda Sue Reinert
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This Thesis explores the connectiveness of the West Florida Shelf’s various areas of economic and ecological importance by considering five case studies of varying dynamic forcing influences and time. The advection of water about the shelf moves nutrients and has a direct impact on the shelf’s ecology and the determination of whether or not the shelf will be oligotrophic at any given time or location. The case studies are analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively after quasi-isopycnal particle trajectory calculations are completed for each. The findings support a combination of local and deep-ocean forcing being ideal for the maximum advection and …