# overview
Understanding dynamics and biogeochemistry of particle formation, sinking, resuspension, transport and deposition in the ocean from the continental shelf to the deep sea and from surface waters to the seafloor using satellite and in-situ measurements. Quantifying particulate organic carbon (POC) in the ocean through the development of algorithms from satellite ocean color that are sea-truthed with in-situ POC and transmissometer data to unravel global ocean processes of carbon recycling.

Improving geoscience educational opportunities through development of enhanced educational delivery methods, relevant curricula, international field-based learning, and improved undergraduate and graduate educational experiences.

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Maximum Normalized Difference Carbon Index (MNDCI)

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Smith College - (Northampton, Massachusetts, United States)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)

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Global comparison of benthic nepheloid layers based on 52 years of nephelometer and transmissometer measurements

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FCC unit revamp meets multiple objectives

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Suncor FCC revamp - A win-win for the environment and FCC operation

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BIOPHYSICAL FORCING OF PARTICLE-PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION DURING A SPRING BLOOM IN THE NORTH-ATLANTIC

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Remote sensing and surface POC concentration in the South Atlantic

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Erosion and deposition on the eastern margin of the Bermuda Rise in the late Quaternary

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Optics, particles, stratification, and storms on the New England continental shelf

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Global assessment of benthic nepheloid layers and linkage with upper ocean dynamics

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CALIBRATION AND COMPARISON OF THE LDGO NEPHELOMETER AND THE OSU TRANSMISSOMETER ON THE NOVA SCOTIAN RISE

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COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES IN PARTICULATE MATTER ON THE ICELAND RISE, THROUGH THE WATER COLUMN, AND AT THE SEA-FLOOR

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SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER TRANSPORT THROUGH THE VEMA CHANNEL

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THE DIEL CYCLE IN THE INTEGRATED PARTICLE LOAD IN THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC - A COMPARISON WITH PRIMARY PRODUCTION

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In-Situ Optical Sensing of Particles for Determination of Oceanic Processes: What Satellites Can't See, But Tranmissometers Can

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Seasonal patterns of water column particulate organic carbon and fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

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ANALYSIS OF SUSPENDED-PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OVER THE NOVA SCOTIAN CONTINENTAL RISE

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PARTICLE EXPORT AND RESUSPENSION FLUXES IN THE WESTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC

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Effects of monsoons on the seasonal and spatial distributions of POC and chlorophyll in the Arabian Sea

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RESUSPENSION MEASURED WITH SEDIMENT TRAPS IN A HIGH-ENERGY ENVIRONMENT

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ABYSSAL CURRENTS AND ADVECTION OF RESUSPENDED SEDIMENT ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN BERMUDA RISE

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A SEDIMENT TRAP INTERCOMPARISON STUDY IN THE SANTA-BARBARA BASIN

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SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF STRONG SOUTHWARD FLOW IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA

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A model study of the relative influences of scavenging and circulation on Th-230 and Pa-231 in the western North Atlantic

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AWESOME OCIM: A simple, flexible, and powerful tool for modeling elemental cycling in the oceans

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Distribution, Sources, and Dynamics of Particulate Matter Along Trans-Arctic Sections

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Tracing offshore low-salinity plumes in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico during the summer season by use of multispectral remote-sensing data

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Excepftonally strong near-bottom flows on the continental rise of nova scotia.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Beam attenuation by microorganisms and detrital particles in the equatorial Pacific

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Currents and sediment transport in the Mississippi Canyon and effects of Hurricane Georges

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Ecological anomalies in the East China Sea: Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam?

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Benthic storms, nepheloid layers, and linkage with upper ocean dynamics in the western North Atlantic

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Global POC concentrations from in-situ and satellite data

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PARTICLE-SIZE, LIGHT-SCATTERING AND COMPOSITION OF SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE NORTH-ATLANTIC

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Decadal Comparisons of Particulate Matter in Repeat Transects in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean Basins

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Optical techniques for remote and in-situ characterization of particles pertinent to GEOTRACES

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Particle dynamics as controlled by the flow field of the eastern equatorial Pacific

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The role of seasonal and diel changes in mixed-layer depth on carbon and chlorophyll distributions in the Arabian Sea

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Seasonal evolution of hydrographic properties in the Antarctic circumpolar current at 170 degrees W during 1997-1998

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Beam attenuation by microorganisms and detrital particles in the equatorial Pacific

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Multispectral remote-sensing algorithms for particulate organic carbon (POC): The Gulf of Mexico

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Model-based remote sensing algorithms for particulate organic carbon (POC) in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico

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A comparison of hydrographically and optically derived mixed layer depths

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Determining true particulate organic carbon: bottles, pumps and methodologies

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Nepheloid layers in the deep Gulf of Mexico

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A sediment trap experiment in the Vema Channel to evaluate the effect of horizontal particle fluxes on measured vertical fluxes

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Beam attenuation and micro-organisms: Spatial and temporal variations in small particles along 140 degrees W during the 1992 JGOFS EqPac transects

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Multi-Decadal Global Surveys of Benthic Nepheloid Layers

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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NSF-S-Stem Geological and Geophysical Scholars of Continental Margins

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Oceanography; 3146 TAMU

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Cochran, Emma Mary (2013-08). The Role of Particulate Matter in the Development of Hypoxia on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf. Master's Thesis.

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Zuck, Nicole A (2014-08). The Relationships of Particulate Matter and Particulate Organic Carbon with Hypoxic Conditions Along the Texas-Louisiana Shelf. Master's Thesis.