Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2002

High variability of primary production in the Atlantic subtropical gyres: uncoupling from phytoplankton biomass and size structure

Understanding the biogeography of chemosynthetic ecosystems

Small scale geochemical variability in the basalts from the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Field

News from the WOCE IPO

Soft-shelled benthic foraminifera from a hadal site (7800m water depth) in the Atacama Trench (SE Pacific): preliminary observations

Hydrothermal plume - particle fluxes at 13N on the East Pacific Rise

Temporal variability of upper ocean biology in the northeast Atlantic and the link to deep water particle flux

Initiation and evolution of turbidity current sediment waves in the Magdalena turbidite system

Plankton distribution spectra: inter-size class variability and the relative slopes for phytoplankton and zooplankton

A two-parameter wind speed algorithm for Ku-band altimeters

Sea level in the Mediterranean Sea: the contribution of temperature and salinity changes

Plume-ridge interaction: a geochemical perspective from the Reykjanes Ridge

Towards 3-D ecosystem modelling of the Irish Sea

The role of aeolian dust in scavenging rare earth elements from the ocean

How far ahead could we predict El Nino?

Marine microlights: the luminous marine bacteria

Spurious diapycnal mixing of the deep waters in an eddy-resolving ocean model (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

The magnitude of spring bacterial production in the North Atlantic Ocean

A theme issue on the biology and biodiversity of 'Allogromiid' foraminifera

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)

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)

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.)

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

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

Detecting the Zambezi River plume using observed optical properties