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Dynamic Processes in the Chemistry of the Upper Ocean

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. J. D. Burton

    1. University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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  2. P. G. Brewer

    1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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  3. R. Chesselet

    1. Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire Mixte CNRS-CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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Part of the book series: Nato Conference Series (NATOCS, volume 17)

Part of the book sub series: II Systems Science (SYSC)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Report of Working Group I: Gases

    1. Report of Working Group I: Gases

      • J. D. Burton, P. G. Brewer, R. Chesselet
      Pages 1-10

  3. Report of Wiorking Group II: Particles

    1. Report of Working Group II: Particles

      • J. D. Burton, P. G. Brewer, R. Chesselet
      Pages 11-21

  4. Report of Working Group III: Solutes

    1. Report of Working Group III: Solutes

      • J. D. Burton, P. G. Brewer, R. Chesselet
      Pages 23-27

  5. Keynote Papers

    1. Upper Ocean Chemistry: Space and Time Scales

      • John H. Steele
      Pages 29-39

    2. The Chemistry of Near-Surface Seawater

      • Peter S. Liss
      Pages 41-51

  6. Physical Processes in the Upper Ocean

    1. Processes Affecting Upper Ocean Chemical Structure in an Eastern Boundary Current

      • James J. Simpson
      Pages 53-77

    2. Structure and Evolution of Gulf Stream Warm-Core Rings: A Physical Characterization

      • Terrence M. Joyce
      Pages 79-91

    3. Turbulence in the Upper Layer

      • Thomas Osborn
      Pages 93-105

    4. Convection in the Upper Ocean

      • Theodore D. Foster
      Pages 107-116

  7. Air-Sea Exchange of Gases

    1. Field Measurements of Gas Exchange

      • Wolfgang Roether
      Pages 117-128

  8. Biological and Chemical Processes in the Upper Ocean

    1. Photochemistry and the Sea-Surface Microlayer: Natural Processes and Potential as a Technique

      • Oliver C. Zafiriou
      Pages 129-135

    2. Organic Chemical Dynamics of the Mixed Layer: Measurement of Dissolved Hydrophilic Organics at Sea

      • Kenneth Mopper
      Pages 137-157

    3. Surface Water 234Th/238U Disequilibria: Spatial and Temporal Variations of Scavenging Rates within the Pacific Ocean

      • Kenneth W. Bruland, Kenneth H. Coale
      Pages 159-172

    4. Dominant Microorganisms of the Upper Ocean: Form and Function, Spatial Distribution and Photoregulation of Biochemical Processes

      • John McNeill Sieburth
      Pages 173-186

    5. Short Term Variations in Primary Productivity

      • Richard E. Eppley
      Pages 187-195

    6. Some Perspectives on Ecological Modeling Focused on Upper Ocean Processes

      • Daniel Kamykowski
      Pages 197-213

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 241-246
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About this book

The. Advanced Research Inst i tute (ARI) on Dynamic Processes in the Chemistry of the Upper OCean had its origins in discussions by the NATO Special Programme Panel on Marine Sciences during 1978 when a wide range of topics for future ARIs was being considered. What was then envisaged was a workshop on chemical aspects of the oceanic mixed layer, at which consider­ ation would be given to the inputs, cycling and removal of material, and the problems involved in the quantitative assessment of fluxes. It was realised that any attempt to model chemical processes would need the active collaboration of workers from other fields, especially physical oceano­ graphers concerned with air-sea interaction and turbulence, and biological oceano~raphers with expertise in primary productivity and the cycling of particulate and dissolved organic material. As plans for the ARI developed further a somewhat different emphasis emerged, focused on the question as to how chemists should set about observing an environment as variable and dynamic as the upper ocean and selecting the appropriate scales for the framework of measurements to study a particular process, especially in the light of current knowledge of physical processes of transport and mixing. It was plain that the capabil­ ity of physical oceanographic methods to resolve differences on small spatial and temporal scales is considerably ahead of the capabilities of biologists and chemists who rely upon discrete sampling and complex lab­ oratory manipulations in order to obtain most of their data.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    J. D. Burton

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    P. G. Brewer

  • Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire Mixte CNRS-CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    R. Chesselet

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dynamic Processes in the Chemistry of the Upper Ocean

  • Editors: J. D. Burton, P. G. Brewer, R. Chesselet

  • Series Title: Nato Conference Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5215-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5217-4Published: 27 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5215-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 246

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oceanography

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