EOSC 372 - Midterm #1

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Oceanography

earth science studying ocean; aims to study biological, geochem, chem, and physical processes in ocean and their interactions

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Phytoplankton

  • “having to do with light” + wanderer / drifter

  • part of the plankton that uses photosynthesis

single celled organisms ; often form colonies (particularly chains)

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Chlorophyll

green pigment in plants that allows for photosynthesis; strongly influences the green light emitted and reflected

  • on a satellite image, reds, yellow, greens, and cyans are high Chl

  • blue and esp purple = low Chl

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Primary production

amount of phytoplankton biomass in seawater, as a result of photosynthetic carbon fixation

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Primary productivity

rate of change of phytoplankton biomass in seawater, as a result of photosynthetic carbon fixation

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Wind field

an average: sometimes annual mean, sometimes seasonally averaged mean near the water of local winds

  • looking at direction, whether winds are weak, strong, very strong

  • focus on winds near the surface of the water