The public seabaths that I categorise as ‘ocean pools ’ are sited on rocky surfcoasts, so that waves can and do wash over the seaward walls of the pool. Whether simple rings of rocks or Olympic-size pools carved out of wide rock platforms and equipped with marked lanes, ocean pools are more robust

ABSTRACT. The earlier hypothesis, stated in the ARMEX (Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment) Science Plan, that the ocean plays an important, but passive, role in the genesis of the core of warm pool in the southeastern Arabian Sea (SEAS) is examined in the light of new data collected during Phase II

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The variation in the concentration and the turbulent fluxes of dissolved organic nitrogen and phosphorus (DON and DOP) across the thermocline in the central Atlantic were studied along a quasi-meridional transect from the Canary Islands to Argentina (22�N to31�S). In general, DON concentrations were high in surface waters and declined toward the thermocline, whereas DOP concentrations were less variable with depth. Vertical, gradientdriven fluxes of DON and DOP generally involved a downward flux, with a median DON: DOP ratio of 28: 1. The downward flux of DON was closely correlated with the nitrate supply to the mixed layer and sufficed to remove an amount of nitrogen equivalent to that associated with the upward nitrate influx into the mixed layer (median � 104%). The downward flux of DON exceeded the supply of nitrate off the NW African coast, where Trichodesmium sp. was abundant. The downward flux of DOP was also very closely correlated with the phosphate supply to the mixed layer (r � 0.87; P � 0.0007), but the downward export of phosphorus as DOP accounted for only 9 % of the upward phosphate supply to the mixed layer. There was also evidence of a deep upward flux of DON and DOP from below the thermocline, which, combined with the general downward flux in the upper waters, indicates the presence of a strong sink for DON and DOP within the thermocline, tentatively identified to be microplankton respiration. Our results point to a dominant role of downward DOM fluxes as a path for the removal of nutrients,

collected in a pool, in rivers, and in the ocean. Finally, we describe our experiments with mobility for data muling in this network.

. In this paper, a hierarchy of models is used to illustrate both oceanic and atmospheric mechanisms that contribute to the establish-ment of tropical warm pools. It is found that individual atmospheric processes have competing effects on the SST distribution: atmospheric heat transport tends to homogenize SST

Vertical behaviour and the observation of FAD effects on tropical tuna in the warm-pool of the western Pacific Ocean WCPFC-SC6-2010/FT- IP-01

⋅Warm pool, ⋅ thermal centroid, ⋅ sea surface temperature.

by an enhanced signal in the warm pool region of the western Pacific Ocean. Both the prolonged duration of the 1998-2001 cold phase ENSO (La Niña) event and unusually warm ocean waters in the western Pacific appear to contribute to the severity of the drought. 1 1. CSW Asia and Ongoing Drought

the thermocline. The simulated Equatorial Undercurrent compares favorably to observations, but is slightly deeper than observed. The model overestimates temperature in the Pacific warm pool regions, both