Showing papers by "Nova Southeastern University published in 1970"
TL;DR: In this paper, a first-order single-ray theory is developed and the predictions of this theory are compared with the data, identifying five refractive effects, the most important of which is the focusing and defocusing of light beams by fluctuations of surface curvature.
Abstract: Irradiance fluctuations in the natural underwater light field close to the sea surface have an amplitude that is of the same order of magnitude as the mean irradiance. A principal source of these fluctuations, differential refraction by surface waves, is examined in this paper, and some experimental data obtained at an experimental site in the Bight of Abaco, Bahamas, are presented. A first-order single-ray theory is developed and the predictions of this theory are compared with the data. The theory identifies five refractive effects, the most important of which is the focusing and defocusing of light beams by fluctuations of surface curvature.
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TL;DR: The experiments show that a similar photo-oxidation exists in fractured cells and degraded pigments found in the feces of marine herbivores, and it is postulate that this is a principle mechanism for pigment decomposition.
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01 Sep 1970
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TL;DR: In this article, the influence of bottom topography of an ocean basin on the wind-driven, barotropic ocean circulation was investigated and the role of vorticity transfer to the ocean bottom in the presence of varying topography was investigated.
Abstract: This is a study of the influence of bottom topography of an ocean basin on the wind‐driven, barotropic ocean circulation. A detailed investigation is made of the role of vorticity transfer to the ocean bottom in the presence of varying topography. It is shown that the wind‐driven gyre over the topography of the North Atlantic has a transport in the western part of the basin only half of that obtained in an ocean of constant depth.
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