North Pacific Synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study: Overview |
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Authors: | Toshiro Saino Alexander Bychkov Chen-Tung Arthur Chen Paul J Harrison |
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Affiliation: | (1) Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan;(2) North Pacific Marine Science Organization, c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada, V8L 4B2;(3) Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan, R.O.C.;(4) AMCE Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong |
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Abstract: | This special issue is comprised of 13 papers, including this overview, and focuses on the synthesis of the Joint Global Ocean
Flux Study (JGOFS) in the North Pacific which took place from 1997 through 2003. The effort was led by the JGOFS North Pacific
Synthesis Group, with the aim of quantifying CO2 drawdown by physical and biological pumps in the North Pacific by identifying and studying the regional, seasonal to inter-annual
variations in the key processes, and understanding their regulating mechanisms. Emphasis was placed on the similarities and
differences of the biogeochemical regimes in the eastern and western subarctic Pacific. Effort was also made to address the
future research directions which arose from the scientific findings during the North Pacific JGOFS process study. A brief
overview of the papers from view points of CO2 drawdown by physical and biological pumps, spatial variability, and temporal variability from seasonal to decadal scales
is made, followed by suggestions for the directions of future research.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | North Pacific JGOFS physical pump biological pump biogeochemical cycles |
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