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21	The variability and seasonal cycle of the Southern Ocean carbon flux Hsu, Wei-Ching 20 September 2013 (has links) Both physical circulation and biogeochemical characteristics are unique in the Southern Ocean (SO) region, and are fundamentally different from those of the northern hemisphere. Moreover, according to previous research, the oceanic response to the trend of the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) has profound impacts on the future oceanic uptake of carbon dioxide in the SO. In other words, the climate and circulation of the SO are strongly coupled to the overlying atmospheric variability. However, while we have understanding on the SO physical circulation and have the ability to predict the future changes of the SO climate and physical processes, the link between the SO physical processes, the air-sea carbon flux, and correlated climate variability remains unknown. Even though scientists have been studying the spatial and temporal variability of the SO carbon flux and the associated biogeochemical processes, the spatial patterns and the magnitudes of the air-sea carbon flux do not agree between models and observations. Therefore, in this study, we utilized a modified version of a general circulation model (GCM) to performed realistic simulations of the SO carbon on seasonal to interannual timescales, and focused on the crucial physical and biogeochemical processes that control the carbon flux. The spatial pattern and the seasonal cycle of the air-sea carbon dioxide flux is calculated, and is broadly consistent with the climatological observations. The variability of air-sea carbon flux is mainly controlled by the gas exchange rate and the partial pressure of carbon dioxide, which is in turn controlled by the compensating changes in temperature and dissolved inorganic carbon. We investigated the seasonal variability of dissolved inorganic carbon based on different regional processes. Furthermore, we also investigated the dynamical adjustment of the surface carbon flux in response to the different gas exchange parameterizations, and conclude that parameterization has little impact on spatially integrated carbon flux. Our simulation well captured the SO carbon cycle variability on seasonal to interannual timescales, and we will improve our model by employ a better scheme of nutrient cycle, and consider more nutrients as well as ecological processes in our future study. Carbon flux Southern Ocean Seasonal cycle Antarctic Ocean Geological carbon sequestration Ocean circulation Atmospheric circulation Mathematical models Computer simulation
22	Production and analysis of a Southern Ocean state estimate Mazloff, Matthew R January 2006 (has links) Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-106). / A modern general circulation model of the Southern Ocean with one-sixth of a degree resolution is optimized to the observed ocean in a weighted least squares sense. Convergence toward the state estimate solution is carried out by systematically adjusting the control variables (prescribed atmospheric state, initial conditions, and open northern boundary at 24.7 S) using the adjoint method. A cost function compares the model state to data from CTD synoptic sections, hydrographic climatology, satellite altimetry, and XBTs. Costs attributed to control variable perturbations ensure a physically realistic solution. An optimized solution is determined by the weights placed on the cost function terms. The state estimation procedure, along with the weights used, is described. A significant result is that the adjoint method is shown tto work at eddy-permitting resolution in the highly-energetic Southern Ocean. At the time of the writing of this thesis the state estimate was not filly consistent with the observations. An analysis of the remaining misfit, as well as the mass transport in the preliminary state, is presented. / by Matthew R. Mazloff. / S.M. Joint Program in Physical Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
23	Evolução temporal das distribuições dos radionuclídeos naturais U-238, Th-234, Ra-226, Ra-228, Pb-210 e Po-210 no estreito de Bransfield, Península Antártica / Temporal evolution of natural radionuclides distributions sup(238)U, sup(234)Th, sup(226)Ra, sup(228)Ra, sup(210)Pb and sup(210)Po in the Bransfield strait, Antartica Peninsula LAPA, FLAVIA V. 09 October 2014 (has links) Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:36:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T13:59:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Pesquisas versando sobre a distribuição de radionuclídeos naturais na Antártica são raras e desta forma, há grande interesse em se conhecer sua ocorrência e os fatores envolvidos com sua mobilização, transferência e acúmulo neste ambiente extremamente frágil. Os radionuclídeos naturais têm sido intensamente utilizados como traçadores no meio ambiente oceânico, auxiliando na compreensão de processos como afundamento, remoção e ressuspensão de partículas, mistura de massas dágua e circulação oceânica. O 234Th (t½ = 24,1 dias) é um radionuclídeo partículo-reativo produzido continuamente na água do mar pelo decaimento radioativo de seu precursor solúvel e de caráter conservativo com a salinidade 238U (t½ = 4,5 109 anos). Como apresenta meiavida relativamente curta, o 234Th é apropriado para quantificar processos que ocorrem em escala de tempo de dias a semanas. O desequilíbrio 234Th/ 238U nas águas superficiais do oceano tem sido utilizado para determinar o fluxo de carbono orgânico que afunda via material particulado. O fluxo de partículas produtivas biologicamente para além da zona eufótica no Oceano Austral tem destaque especial devido à sua importância no controle das concentrações de CO2 na atmosfera. Os radionuclídeos 210Pb (t½ = 22,3 anos) e 210Po (t½ = 138 dias) também são partículo-reativos. O desequilíbrio 210Po/ 210Pb tem sido utilizado para estimar os fluxos de partículas exportadas no oceano em uma escala de tempo de várias semanas. Os isótopos de Ra de meias-vidas longas, 226Ra (t½ = 1.600 anos) e 228Ra (t½ = 5,75 anos) são solúveis na água do mar exibem propriedades únicas que os tornam bons traçadores de massas dágua. Este trabalho teve por objetivos estudar as distribuições dos radionuclídeos naturais 238U, 234Th, 226Ra, 228Ra, 210Pb e 210Po no Estreito de Bransfield, durante duas campanhas realizadas no Verão Austral de 2011 (OPERANTAR XXIX e XXX). / Dissertação (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP antarctic ocean natural radioactivity spatial distribution uranium 238 thorium 234 radium 226 radium 228 lead 210 polonium 210 sample preparation radiochemical analysis seasonal variations
24	Marine ice rheology from deformation experiments of ice shelf samples using a pneumatic compression device: implications for ice shelf stability Dierckx, Marie 29 March 2013 (has links) Antarctic ice shelves control the ice flux from the continent to the ocean. As such, they play a major role in the stability of the ice sheet and its potential contribution to sea level rise, especially in the context of global change. Below some of these ice shelves, marine ice can be found which is a product of the Deep Thermohaline Circulation. Due to its specific genetic process, marine ice has intrinsic physical (grain size, ice fabric, bubble content, ) and chemical (impurities, water stable isotopes) properties, that differ from those of 'meteoric ice' formed on the continent through snow metamorphism or 'sea ice' resulting from sea water freezing at the ocean-atmosphere surface. Until now however, the effect of these specific properties on marine ice rheology is still very poorly understood.<p><p>The principal objective being to include realistic mechanical parameters for marine ice in ice shelf flow models, uniaxial compression experiments have been performed on various types of marine ice samples. Technical developments are an important component of this thesis has they were necessary to equip the laboratory with the appropriate tools (pneumatic rig, automatic ice fabric data handling).<p><p>Results from experimental compression on isotropic marine ice show that it represents the higher boundary for meteoric ice viscosity throughout the whole temperature range, thereby validating Cuffey and Paterson's relationship with an enhancement factor equals to 1.<p><p>Marine ice is however often quite anisotropic, showing elongated crystals and wide single maximum fabric, that should impact its mechanical properties. Experiments on pre-oriented marine ice samples have therefore been carried out combining the study of epsilon_{oct} vs. tau_{oct} with a thorough analysis of microstructural data 'before' and 'after' the experiment. <p><p>Depending on the orientation of the sample in the applied stress field and on the intensity of the latter, anisotropic marine ice can be harder or softer than its isotropic counterpart, with n=4 often observed in Glen's flow law. Associating the experimental geometrical settings to potential natural equivalent, results suggest that anisotropic marine ice would strengthen ice shelf flow in most areas (for a same given temperature), apart from suturing areas between individual ice streams as they merge to form the ice shelf, where it could become weaker than meteoric ice in certain circumstances.<p><p>Finally, preliminary sensitivity studies, using a simple ice shelf model with our experimental parameters of Glen's flow law have allowed us to discuss the potential impact of rift location, rift size and thermal regime in the ice shelf behavior. / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished Sciences de la terre et du cosmos Sciences exactes et naturelles Sea ice -- Antarctic Ocean Ice -- Antarctica Glaciers -- Antarctica Glace de mer -- Austral, Océan Glace -- Antarctique Glaciers -- Antarctique deformation experiments marine ice
25	CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Delta (C/EBP-delta) Expression in Antarctic Fishes: Implications for Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Sleadd, Isaac Martin 13 August 2013 (has links) Chapter 1: Antarctic fishes are extremely cold adapted. Despite their inability to upregulate heat shock proteins, recent studies have demonstrated a capacity for heat response in these animals. A cDNA microarray study looked at the Notothenioid fish Trematomus bernacchii and revealed heat sensitivities for hundreds of genes, two of which code for members of the CCAAT/Enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) family of transcription factors. These molecular switches are best known for their roles in apoptosis, inflammation and cell cycle arrest. This dissertation further elucidates the role of C/EBP-delta in the Antarctic fishes T. bernacchii and Pagothenia borchgrevinki. Chapter 2: C/EBP-delta is constitutively expressed in unstressed, field-acclimated (ca. -1.86°C) animals in a highly tissue-specific manner. White muscle tissue contains the highest C/EBP-delta concentration, which is further increased in response to sublethal heat stress at 2.0 or 4.0°C. This response is mostly acute and transitory, but a lesser upregulation was observed in fishes held for one month at 4.0°C. Chapter 3: The heat-induced nuclear translocation of C/EBP-delta--as determined by immunohistochemistry--appears to be time, tissue and species specific with spleen, heart and retinae being particularly responsive in certain situations. Chapter 4: Protein concentrations of proliferating cell nuclear antigen are tissue specific and variably heat responsive. Surprisingly, levels appear to be positively correlated with C/EBP-delta. Chapter 5: Flow cytometry revealed increasingly high temperatures reduce the proportion of G1 cells while increasing the abundance of apoptotic cells. Chapter 6: These findings are discussed in the context of global climate change and the cellular stress response. Climatic changes -- Antarctica DNA-protein interactions -- Research Aquaculture and Fisheries Climate Marine Biology
26	Phytoplankton cell death induced by solar ultraviolet radiation Llabrés Comamala, Maria Moira 02 June 2008 (has links) En esta tesis se ha demostrado que la radiación ultravioleta induce mortalidad en comunidades de fitoplancton de diferentes áreas del Océano Atlántico, del Mar Mediterráneo y del Océano Antártico. El fitoplancton más pequeño (pico-fitoplancton) muestra mayor sensibilidad a la radiación UV respecto al fitoplancton de mayor tamaño. Este estudio identifica que el crecimiento de las poblaciones del fitoplancton antártico está controlado por la radiación ultravioleta con inhibiciones de biomasas por encima del 80-90%. Se demuestra también que la transferencia de radicales OH, generados por la radiación ultravioleta, desde la atmósfera hacia la superficie del Océano causa mortalidad en comunidades de fitoplancton de aguas tropicales, templadas y antárticas. El trabajo presentado en esta tesis muestra la importancia de la radiación ultravioleta como factor que induce mortalidad en el fitoplancton, su influencia en el balance del crecimiento neto de estas poblaciones, así como las consecuencias que se derivan en la cadena trófica. lethal radiation dose half-life Hydroxyl radical pico-eukaryots flagelates diatoms Synechococcus CDA Prochlorococcus Antarctic Ocean Oligotrophic Ocean ultraviolet radiation cell death phytoplankton dosi letal vides mitjanes pico-eucariotes Radical hidroxil diatomees flagelats Oceà Antàrtic CDA Prochlorococcus Synechococcus Oceà Oligotròfic radiació ultraviolada mortalitat Fitoplàncton dosis letales vidas medias Radical hidroxilo pico-eucariotas flagelados diatomeas Synechococcus Océano Antártico CDA Prochlorococcus Océano oligotrófico Radiación ultravioleta mortalidad Fitoplancton Ecologia de fitoplancton 57 574

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