Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30i..13g&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 9, pp. 13-1, CiteID 1460, DOI 10.1029/2002GL016759
Mathematics
Logic
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Biosphere/Atmosphere Interactions, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Ecosystems, Structure And Dynamics, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504), Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective Processes, Oceanography: Biological And Chemical: Plankton
Scientific paper
We propose that temporal variations within the marine plankton system can induce intraseasonal variations in sea surface temperature (SST) through the effect on solar penetration due to chlorophyll and other optically active organic components. Sensitivity studies with a simple model suggest that these small oscillations in SST may stimulate radiative-convective oscillations in the atmosphere which amplify them and thus induce or modulate significant variability in the coupled system. Long term bio-optical measurements in the Western Pacific, where satellite time series are degraded by clouds, would provide a test of our theory and would improve our understanding of the heat balance in this climatically important region.
Cane Mark A.
Gildor Hezi
Sambrotto Raymond N.
Sobel Adam H.
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