TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding the Arabian Sea
T2 - Reflections on the 1994-1996 Arabian Sea Expedition
AU - Smith, S. L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Colleagues in the Arabian Sea Expedition who collected data with enthusiasm and shared their data and ideas willingly are gratefully acknowledged. The Expedition's extraordinary success depended upon the sustained hard work and cooperation of the crew and captain of the R.V. Thomas G. Thompson and the help of our science sponsor in Oman, Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam. The National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research supported the field observations of the Arabian Sea Expedition. Grants from NSF's Ocean Sciences Division (OCE 9310577 and OCE 9310599) and the Office of Naval Research (NOOO149510042) supported the author. Advice and data were provided by R. Barber, K. Brink, C. Lee, A. Hilting, C. Measures, S. Vink, L. Codispoti, R. Sambrotto, and M. Wood (ONR G-N00014-94-1-0429). I thank John Milliman for suggesting that this is an appropriate time for summary of some of our knowledge. Figures were drawn by Peter V.Z. Lane and Julien Zaragoza. This is U.S. JGOFS contribution number 550.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The Arabian Sea Expedition, now five years past its field observations, is at a stage when some of its dominant themes can be summarized. Of the large range of possible topics, five are considered here: (1) Is the Arabian Sea a source or sink for carbon dioxide?; (2) Is the Arabian Sea Mother Nature's iron experiment?; (3) Do grazing zooplankton control carbon flux to the seabed?; (4) Does the paleoceanographic record help us predict the ocean's response to climate change?; and (5) What are the predominant physical processes of the Arabian Sea? A short history of each issue and results from the field work of 1994-1996 are presented.
AB - The Arabian Sea Expedition, now five years past its field observations, is at a stage when some of its dominant themes can be summarized. Of the large range of possible topics, five are considered here: (1) Is the Arabian Sea a source or sink for carbon dioxide?; (2) Is the Arabian Sea Mother Nature's iron experiment?; (3) Do grazing zooplankton control carbon flux to the seabed?; (4) Does the paleoceanographic record help us predict the ocean's response to climate change?; and (5) What are the predominant physical processes of the Arabian Sea? A short history of each issue and results from the field work of 1994-1996 are presented.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00144-2
DO - 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00144-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035076211
VL - 48
SP - 1385
EP - 1402
JO - Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
JF - Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
SN - 0967-0645
IS - 6-7
ER -