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WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
OBS

Since 1978, the Oceanic Flux Program(OFP) time-series sediment traps have continuously measured particle fluxes in the deep Sargasso Sea. The OFP program is by far the longest time-series of its kind, and has produced a unique record of temporal variability in the "biological pump". Results provided the first direct evidence for the existence of seasonality in the deep ocean, and evidence that fluxes of both biogenic and abiogenic materials to the deep ocean were directly linked to seasonal patterns in upper ocean productivity. The time-series particle flux record has documented significant interannual and longer timescale variability in material fluxes to the deep ocean, and in the composition of the sinking material. The record is now becoming long enough to identify and study longer-term periodicities and quasi-decadal trends in material fluxes to the deep ocean, and their coherence with North Atlantic climate variations. The Oceanic Flux Program provides new insights into interannual variability and decadal scale changes in ocean functioning. This information is of paramount importance for predicting future, possibly anthropogenically induced, climate changes. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Key term(s)
  • Programme flux océaniques
  • PFO

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

In 1964, four institutions(Scripps Institution of Oceanography-University of California, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory-Columbia University, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-University of Miami, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) joined together to form the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling(JOIDES). This became a national effort to explore the geological and geophysical structure of the sea floor through a systematic program of ocean drilling, the Deep Sea Drilling Project(DSDP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
Key term(s)
  • Programme conjoint d'échantillonnage en profondeur de la croûte terrestre, des institutions océanographiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Oceanography
OBS

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, non-profit research facility dedicated to the study of marine science and to the education of marine scientists. It is the largest independent oceanographic institution in the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Océanographie
Key term(s)
  • Institut océanographique de Woods Hole

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Oceanografía
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