SEMINAR (MS Defense)- James Ash: Characterizing Chlorophyll Blooms in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
Large summer chlorophyll (CHL) blooms spanning hundreds of square kilometers and persisting for weeks-months are consistently observed in satellite records of the Northeast Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG), at an approximate latitude of ~30°N. These blooms occur at a near annual rate, and uniquely within the late summer months of June-October. Understanding the potential impacts and biophysical drivers of these chlorophyll anomalies is both ecologically and climatologically important. These large-scale blooms can export carbon from the upper ocean to the deep ocean and fuel the productive fisheries found in the ecologically important transition zone between the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre and the subpolar gyre. The purpose of this project is to characterize CHL blooms in the NE Pacific Gyre, as well as describe their association with submesoscale and mesoscale features to identify potential physical drivers.
Thursday March 2nd, 2023 3:00p.m. MSB #100
