Simulation analysis of moored fluorometer time series from the Mid-Atlantic Bight during 1987--1990

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6327111· OSTI ID:6327111

Walsh, J J

The goal of the previous research during 1987-1990 within the DOE (Department of Energy) Shelf Edge Exchange Processes (SEEP) program in the Mid-Atlantic Bight was to understand the physical and biogeochemical processes effecting the diffusive exchange of the proxies of energy-related, by-products associated with particulate matter between estuarine, shelf, and slope waters on this continental margin. As originally envisioned in the SEEP program plan, SEEP-III would take place at Cape Hatteras to study the advective exchange of materials by a major boundary current. One problem of continuing interest is the determination of the local assimilative capacity of slope waters and sediments off the eastern seaboard of the US to lengthen the pathway between potentially harmful energy by-products and man. At basin scales, realistic specification of the lateral transport by western boundary currents of particulate matter is a necessary input to global models of carbon/nitrogen cycling. Finally, at these global scales, the generic role of continental margins in cycling greenhouse gases, e.g. CO{sub 2}, CH{sub 4}, and N{sub 2}O, is now of equal interest. This continuing research of model construction and evaluation within the SEEP program focuses on all three questions at local, regional, and basin scales. Results from SEEP-I and II are discussed as well as plans for SEEP-III. 14 figs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL (USA). Dept. of Marine Science
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-85ER60285
• OSTI ID: 6327111
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60285-4; ON: DE91006262
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Aquatic-- Basic Studies-- (1990-)
ALKANES
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON CYCLE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATE MODELS
COASTAL REGIONS
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CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
CURRENTS
DEPTH
DIFFUSION
DIMENSIONS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTUARIES
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
HYDROCARBONS
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METHANE
MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN CYCLE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MATTER
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PLANKTON
POLLUTION
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SIMULATION
SURFACE WATERS
WATER CURRENTS
WATER POLLUTION