Assessment of primary production and optical variability in shelf and slope waters near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Final project report

Technical Report · Mon Feb 12 04:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/806578· OSTI ID:806578

Redalje, Donald G ^[1]; Lohrenz, Stevern E

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1. Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US)

In this project we determined primary production and optical variability in the shelf and slope waters off of Cape Hatteras, N.C. These processes were addressed in conjunction with other Ocean Margins Program investigators, during the Spring Transition period and during Summer. We found that there were significant differences in measured parameters between Spring and Summer, enabling us to develop seasonally specific carbon production and ecosystem models as well as seasonal and regional algorithm improvements for use in remote sensing applications.

• Research Organization: Department of Marine Science, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-95ER62071
• OSTI ID: 806578
• Report Number(s): Final Report
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
ALGORITHMS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CARBON
COASTAL WATERS
CONTINENTAL SHELF
CONTINENTAL SLOPE
ECOSYSTEMS
GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE
NORTH CAROLINA
OPTICAL VARIABILITY
PRIMARY PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION
REMOTE SENSING
SEASONAL VARIATIONS