U.S. JGOFS Synthesis & Modeling Project

Research Areas - Utilization of JGOFS and Related Data

SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF OCEAN COLOR

SeaWiFS and/or OCTS Ocean Color Data

Dennis McGillicuddy "Modeling Mesoscale Biogeochemical Processes in a TOPEX/POSEIDON Diamond Surrounding the U.S.JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time Series" (also ERS altimetry, scatterometry, AVHRR)

John Marshall; Michael Follows; Watson Gregg "Interannual Variability of Ocean Color: A Synthesis of Satellite Data and Models and Participation in the Ocean Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project" (also TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry)

David Siegel "Development and Application of the Next Generation of Ocean Color Models for the Understanding of Marine Processes on Regional and Global Scales"

John Walsh "A Numerical Analysis of New Nitrogen Sources of NO3 and N2 Effecting Carbon Cycling in the Southern Caribbean Sea: A Key to CDOC Contamination of Satellite Color Signals"

Raleigh Hood; Julian McCreary; Sharon Smith; Don Olson "Development, Validation and Improvement of a Coupled Biological/Chemical/Physical Model for the Arabian Sea"

Wilf Gardner; Mary Jo Richardson; Alexey V. Mishonov "Global Synthesis of POC Using Satellite Data calibrated with Transmissometer and POC Data from JGOFS/WOCE" "Development, Validation and Improvement of a Coupled Biological/Chemical/Physical Model for the Arabian Sea"

James A. Yoder "Large-Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns Evident in the Chlorophyll a Imagery from the First Four Global Satellite Ocean Color Missions (CZCS, OCTS, POLDER and SeaWiFS)"

Other Ocean Color Data

Mary-Elena Carr; Edward Kearns "An Historical and Modeling Comparison Study of Four Coastal Upwelling Systems"

Paul Falkowski "Representing Key Phytoplankton Groups in Ocean Carbon Cycle Models"

Eileen Hofmann "Evaluation of Marine Primary Productivity in the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Using Satellite Ocean Color and Numerical Models"

James A. Yoder "Large-Scale Spatial and Temporal Patterns Evident in the Chlorophyll a Imagery from the First Four Global Satellite Ocean Color Missions (CZCS, OCTS, POLDER and SeaWiFS)"

Multi-platform Assessment of Ocean Processes

Charles McClain; Chet Koblinsky; Marlon Lewis; Ragu Murtugudde; Ichio Asanuma;Antonio; Busalacchi "Physical-Biological Interactions in the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Equatorial Surface Layers" (also satellite SST, altimeter-sealevel, NSCAT winds)

Frank Muller-Karger "Synoptic Analysis of Factors Influencing Carbon Fluxes at the CARIACO Continental Margin Time Series" (also infrared, scatterometer, selected altimeter)