CMS Oceans Pilot Products
Studies to Explore the Feasibility of New Ocean Pilot Products
Two pilot products were investigated: 1) global maps of monthly global air-sea CO2 fluxes and 2) an assessment of the contribution of coastal ecosystems to regional carbon budgets preformed by two closely related NASA IDS projects.
- Ocean CO2 Flux Maps
- Assessing Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Terrestrial-Ocean Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients and Their Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems
- Impacts of Changing Climate and Land Use on Carbon Cycling and Budgets of the Coastal Ocean Margin: Observations, Analysis, and Modeling
Studies to Provide a Scientific Foundation for Future Ocean Carbon Monitoring Products
Two research projects established a foundation for entirely new types of ocean carbon products: 1) to develop a technique for routinely assessing phytoplankton carbon biomass in the field and 2) use of biological and bio-optical observations to address the role of calcifying phytoplankton in the carbon dynamics of the Arctic Ocean.
- Characterizing the Phytoplankton Component of Oceanic Particle Assemblage
- Coccolithophores of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Harbingers of a polar biogeochemical province in transition?
- NASA Official: Jon Ranson
- Curator: Leanne Kendig