Spatial characterization of the meltwater field from icebergs in the Weddell Sea.

ABSTRACT: We describe the results from a spatial cyberinfrastructure developed to characterize the meltwater field around individual icebergs and integrate the results with regional- and global-scale data. During the course of the cyberinfrastructure development, it became clear that we were also building an integrated sampling planning capability across multidisciplinary teams that provided greater agility in allocating expedition resources resulting in new scientific insights. The cyberinfrastructure-enabled method is a complement to the conventional methods of hydrographic sampling in which the ship provides a static platform on a station-by-station basis. We adapted a sea-floor mapping method to more rapidly characterize the sea surface geophysically and biologically. By jointly analyzing the mu

SUBMITTER: Helly JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3078385 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature