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Research opportunities and challenges in the Indian Ocean

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Title Research opportunities and challenges in the Indian Ocean
 
Creator Hood, R.
Naqvi, S.W.A.
Wiggert, J.
Goes, J.
Coles, V.
McCreary, J.
Bates, N.
Karuppasamy, P.K.
Mahowald, N.
Seitzinger, S.
Meyers, G.
 
Subject Indian Ocean
Research Opportunities
Ocean Currents
Biogeochemical Cycles
 
Description The Indian Ocean is a dynamically complex and highly variable system, with circulation features and biogeochemical properties that are unusual in many respects. Yet the Indian Ocean (IO) remains one of the most under-sampled and least understood of the world’s ocean basins. In this article, we defi ne several outstanding research questions that need to be addressed in the IO related to ocean currents and variability, the controls and fate of primary production, global change and anthropogenic impacts, and the role of higher trophic levels in ecological processes and biogeochemical cycles. We also discuss a unique opportunity that has recently arisen for staging research in the IO.
 
Date 2008-05-01T06:15:24Z
2008-05-01T06:15:24Z
2008
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol.89(13); 125-126p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1058
 
Language en
 
Rights ©2008 American Geophysical Union
 
Publisher American Geophysical Union