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Dynamics of marine zooplankton : social behavior, ecological interactions, and physically-induced variability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Marine ecosystems reflect the physical structure of their environment and the biological processes they carry out. This leads to spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability, some of which is imposed externally and some ...
Cross-shelf circulation and momentum and heat balances over the inner continental shelf near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The water circulation and evolution of water temperature over the inner continental shelf are investigated using observations of water velocity, temperature, density, and bottom pressure; surface gravity waves; wind stress; ...
Low-latitude Western North Atlantic climate variability during the past millennium : insights from proxies and models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Estimates of natural climate variability during the past millennium provide a frame of reference in which to assess the significance of recent changes. This thesis investigates new methods of reconstructing low-latitude ...
A determination of air-sea gas exchange and upper ocean biological production from five noble gasses and tritiugenic helium-3
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The five noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) are biologically and chemically inert, making them ideal oceanographic tracers. Additionally, the noble gases have a wide range of solubilities and molecular ...
Wind, sea ice, inertial oscillations and upper ocean mixing in Marguerite Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula : observations and modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Two years of moored oceanographic and automatic weather station data which span the winter ice seasons of 2001-2003 within Marguerite Bay on the western Antarctic Peninsula (wAP) shelf were collected as part of the Southern ...
Observations of turbulent fluxes and turbulence dynamics in the ocean surface boundary layer
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
This study presents observations of turbulence dynamics made during the low winds portion of the Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Transfer experiment (CBLAST-Low). Observations were made of turbulent fluxes, turbulent ...