WHOI PO

Intrusions with water properties of the surface mixed layer are seen to occur in the stratified pycnocline. These features appear to be coherent pathways by which oxygen, phytoplankton carbon and other near-surface properties are transported to depth. What are the mechanisms for advective vertical transport or subduction of properties from the surface mixed layer to the subsurface? We find that fronts and eddies play an important role in subduction. What are the Lagrangian pathways of subduction and what is the vertical flux induced through these mechanisms? These are some of the questions that we addressed in a program called CALYPSO. This seminar presents an overview of the research highlights.