The Official Magazine of The Oceanography Society
Volume 05 | Number 3 | 1992
On the Cover: This image is a composite of all Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) data collected during the 7½ years of operation from November 1978 through June 1986. Production of the image required processing over 66,000 individual CZCS scenes (nearly 700 gigabytes of data). Note that some regions of the Pacific Ocean still were not sampled (those in black). Plankton concentrations are low in the central gyres (purple, deep blue), and tend to be higher along coasts (yellow, orange and red). Some of the most notable features in this image are: the clear delineation of the equator through increased plant pigment abundance, the difference between the eastern and western regions of the basin, and the elevated pigment concentrations at higher latitudes and in coastal waters. [See article by Feldman et al., page 143]
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REGULAR ISSUE FEATURES
EqPac: A Process Study in the Central Equatorial Pacific
By
James W. Murray ,
Margaret W. Leinen,
Richard A. Feely ,
J.R. Toggweiler, and
Rik Wanninkhof
Use of the Coastal Zone Color Scanner for EqPac Planning
By
Gene C. Feldman ,
James W. Murray , and
Margaret W. Leinen
Cycling and Accumulation of Biogenic Silica and Organic Matter in High-Latitude Environments: The Ross Sea
By
David J. DeMaster ,
Robert B. Dunbar,
Louis I. Gordon ,
Amy R. Leventer ,
John M. Morrison,
David M. Nelson ,
Charles A. Nittrouer , and
Walker O. Smith Jr.
DEPARTMENTS
QUARTERDECK • Keeping It Simple
By
Charles A. Nittrouer
LETTER TO THE EDITOR •
Letters to the Editor. 1992. Oceanography 5(3):131–133.
REVIEW AND COMMENT • The Oceans 50th Anniversary
By
D. James Baker
REVIEW AND COMMENT • The Ocean "Bible": Reminiscences
By
Walter Munk
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Physical Oceanography in The Oceans
By
Bruce A. Warren
REVIEW AND COMMENT • The Oceans: The Geological Bookends
By
Dean A. McManus
REVIEW AND COMMENT • Comments on the Global Ocean Observing Capabilities, Indicator Species as Climate Proxies, and the Need for Timely Ocean Monitoring
By
Gary D. Sharp and
Douglas R. McLain
THE FUTURE OF OCEANOGRAPHY • Bomb Tritium in the Deep North Atlantic
By
Scott C. Doney
SOCIETY SOUNDINGS • President's Report
By
Arnold L. Gordon