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Subseasonal organization of ocean chlorophyll: prospects for prediction based on the Madden-Julian Oscillation
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Waliser, DE and Murtugudde, R and Strutton, P and Li, J-L, Subseasonal organization of ocean chlorophyll: prospects for prediction based on the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Geophysical Research Letters, 32 Article L23602. ISSN 0094-8276 (2005) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Analysis of satellite ocean color and rainfall data
shows that the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) produces
systematic and significant variations in ocean surface
Chlorophyll (Chl) in a number of regions across the
tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the northern
Indian Ocean, a broad expanse of the northwestern tropical
Pacific Ocean, and a number of near-coastal areas in the far
eastern Pacific Ocean. Potential mechanisms for this
modulation are examined with the result that wind-induced
vertical entrainment at the base of the ocean
mixed layer appears to play an important role. Given
evidence that the MJO is predictable with 2–3 week lead-times,
surface Chl may also be predictable at similar lead
times with implications for the fishing industry and public
health sectors concerned with cholera epidemics.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Madden Julian Oscillation, tropical ocean, productivity |
Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
Research Group: | Oceanography |
Research Field: | Biological oceanography |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences |
UTAS Author: | Strutton, P (Professor Peter Strutton) |
ID Code: | 138628 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 58 |
Deposited By: | Oceans and Cryosphere |
Deposited On: | 2020-04-20 |
Last Modified: | 2020-05-26 |
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