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2014

Oceanography

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Multiplatform, Multidisciplinary Investigations Of The Impacts Of Modified Circumpolar Deep Water In The Ross Sea, Antarctica, Walker O. Smith Jr., Kt Goetz, De Kaufman, By Queste, V Asper, Dp Costa, Ms Dinniman, Mam Friedrichs, Et Al Jun 2014

Multiplatform, Multidisciplinary Investigations Of The Impacts Of Modified Circumpolar Deep Water In The Ross Sea, Antarctica, Walker O. Smith Jr., Kt Goetz, De Kaufman, By Queste, V Asper, Dp Costa, Ms Dinniman, Mam Friedrichs, Et Al

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In 2010-2011, three projects combined to characterize the temporal and spatial distributions of Modified circumpolar Deep Water (MCDW) in the Ross Sea using icebreaker-based sampling, gliders, instrumented seals, and hindcasts from a numerical circulation model. The fieldwork cearly identified MCDW throughout the Ross Sea, and the lata were used to determine its influence on potential heat.md nutrient inputs and biotic distributions. Furthermore, the numerical simulations confirm its apparent trajectory and location. Substantial small-scale variability in oceanographic and biological distributions suggests that such variability may play an important role in biogeochemical cycles. Data from the three projects provide a view of …