CUSTARD
| Experiment: | CUSTARD |
| PIs*: |
Moore, Mark
|
| Start Time: | 2019-12-04 00:00:00 |
| End Time: | 2020-01-22 00:00:00 |
| North: | -52.653 |
| South: | -59.968 |
| East: | -80.538 |
| West: | -92.218 |
| Data Types: |
pigment
|
| Parameters: |
allo
alpha-beta-car
but-fuco
chl_c1c2
chl_c3
chlide_a
diadino
diato
dp
dv_chl_a
dv_chl_b
fuco
gyro
hex-fuco
hplc_gsfc
lut
mv_chl_a
mv_chl_b
neo
perid
phide_a
phytin_a
ppc
ppc_tcar
ppc_tpg
pras
psc
psc_tcar
psp
psp_tpg
tacc
tacc_tchla
tcar
tchl
tchl_tcar
tchla_tpg
tot_chl_a
tot_chl_b
tot_chl_c
tpg
viola
zea
|
*Listed alphabetically
DOI
10.5067/SeaBASS/CUSTARD/DATA001
Description
The surface ocean is home to billions of microscopic plants called phytoplankton which produce organic matter in the surface ocean using sunlight and carbon dioxide. When they die many of them sink, taking this carbon into the deep ocean, where it may be stored for hundreds to thousands of years, which helps keep our climate the way it is today. In this project we will tackle this by making new observations in a remote region of the Southern Ocean using an exciting combination of robotic vehicles and sophisticated new sensors. We will make new observations of how much carbon the ocean takes up in this key motorway junction of the Southern Ocean. We will examine the processes that control the uptake of carbon and its fate, in particular how seasonal availability of nutrients can affect the make-up of the phytoplankton which changes the depth to which carbon sinks before being dissolved.
URL
https://roses.ac.uk/custard/
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