Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2002

Melt and source diversity under the ultra low spreading Southwest Indian Ridge

Observations on the cuticular photophores of the sergestid shrimp Sergia gradis (Sund, 1920)

Plutonium and uranium isotope ratio measurement by MC-ICP-MS (abstract of paper presented at 12th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, August 18-23, 2002)

Sand wave fields beneath the Loop Current, Gulf of Mexico: reworking of fan sands

On the observability of internal tidal waves in remotely-sensed ocean colour data

Real-time forecasting of biophysical interactions at the Iceland-Faeroes front in June 2001 (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

The role of technology developments in WOCE

Regional bio-optical algorithms for the Alboran Sea from a reflectance model and in situ data

Shining a light on the ocean's twilight zone

Hydrodynamic significance of variable ripple morphology across deep-water barchan dunes in the Faroe-Shetland Channel

Organic-walled allogromiids: aspects of their occurrence, diversity and ecology in marine habitats

A theoretical investigation of sea state bias (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Hydrothermal plume processes in the Indian Ocean (Kairei and Edmond vent-sites, Central Indian Ridge) (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

The photophores of the squid family Cranchiidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida)

Variability and predictability of the North Atlantic wave climate

Melt inclusions in plagioclase and olivine phenocrysts in basalts from the Southwest Indian Ridge: insights into melt extraction and magma chamber processes

Observing the Agulhas and Madagascar retroflections (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Turbidity current sediment waves on irregular slopes: observations from the Orinoco sediment-wave field

Total dissolvable manganese anomalies over the Knipovich Ridge: evidence for hydrothermal activity (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Decoupling of Hf and Nd isotopes in western Pacific Fe-Mn crusts

Distribution of chlorofluorocarbons in the North Atlantic, 1996-1998

Classification and characterisation of deep-water sediment waves

The dense overflows from the Nordic Seas into the deep North Atlantic

TOBI sidescan sonar imagery of the very slow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge: evidence for along-axis magma distribution

COAPEC (Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Processes and European Climate): an overview (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Ecology and nutrition of the large agglutinated foraminiferan Bathysiphon capillare in the bathyal NE Atlantic: distribution within the sediment profile and lipid biomarker composition

Direct Lagrangian measurements of the circulation of Labrador Sea water in the northern and eastern Atlantic, north of 38N (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Validation of TOPEX rain algorithm: comparison with ground-based radar

A freshwater jet on the east Greenland shelf (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

CLIVAR in the Pacific Ocean (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Generation and migration of coarse-grained sediment waves in turbidity current channels and channel-lobe transition zones

CFD model estimates of the airflow distortion over research ships and the impact on momentum flux measurements

Interactions between meso- and micro-plankton: deduction from fine scale distributions in three dimensions obtained using in situ holography

The Agulhas return flow as studied from altimetry, hydrography and mooring data

FISHES 2001 and Vivaldi 1996: two recent surveys of the subpolar northeast Atlantic (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Recognition and interpretation of deep-water sediment waves - implications for palaeoceanography, hydrocarbon exploration and flow process interpretation (Introduction to special issue)

Background and induced levels of DNA damage in Pacific deep-sea vent polychaetes: the case for avoidance

Intercomparison of ambient acoustic spectra in inland and coastal waters

SST Observations of the Agulhas and East Madagascar Retroflections by the TRMM Microwave Imager

Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 1 - in situ sensors

Easterly waves over Africa. I: the seasonal cycle and contrasts between wet and dry years

The distribution of Ceratothoa steindachneri (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic in Echiichthys vipera in the north-east Atlantic

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 67, 19 Nov-17 Dec 2002. Drake Passage repeat hydrography: WOCE Southern Repeat Section 1b – Burdwood Bank to Elephant Island

Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 2 - space-borne sensors

Easterly waves over Africa. II: observed and modeled contrasts between wet and dry years

RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 135, 24 Oct-18 Nov 2001. ATSR validation cruise: Seychelles - Durban

A freshwater jet on the east Greenland Shelf

Corrigendum: Use of the 3D radon transform to examine the properties of oceanic Rossby waves. (Ibid, 18, 2001, 1558-1566.)

2001

RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 129, Durban, South Africa to Port Louis, Mauritius 6 Jul - 11 Aug 2001. History of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Madagascar and Mascarene Basins

A highly spatially resolved ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf