Estimation of particulate organic carbon in the ocean from satellite remote sensing

被引：241

作者：

Stramski, D ^{[1
]}

Reynolds, RA

Kahru, M

Mitchell, BG

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Marine Phys Lab, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[2] Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Div Marine Res, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 1999年 / 285卷 / 5425期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.285.5425.239

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Measurements from the Southern Ocean show that particulate organic carbon (POC) concentration is welt correlated with the optical backscattering by particles suspended in seawater. This relation, in conjunction with retrieval of the backscattering coefficient from remote-sensing reflectance, provides an algorithm for estimating surface POC from Satellite data of ocean color. Satellite imagery from SeaWiFS reveals the seasonal progression of POC, with a zonal band of elevated POC concentrations in December coinciding with the Antarctic Polar Front Zone. At that time, the POC pool within the top 100 meters of the entire Southern Ocean south of 40 degrees S exceeded 0.8 gigatons.

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页码：239 / 242

页数：4

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