Research Highlights
The AMT provides a platform for scientists to capture and
analyse data related to a range of oceanographic science
areas. Over 220 scientists have participated in AMT cruises
and many more have worked with the data which is accessible
through the British Oceanographic Data
Centre (BODC).
The data has produced over 220 scientific papers (a list of
which can be found on the publications page), the long-term nature of
the data collected is useful in analysing trends over a
wide time period which can help with forecasting future
outcomes.
Below are examples of how AMT data has assisted various
scientists and their research:
Dr
Gavin Tilstone
Carbon
Cycle
Using satellite ocean colour chlorophyll-a and radiance data, we
have developed accurate satellite maps of Primary Production, which
provide spatially and temporally resolved global and regional
estimates of Primary Production. [more...]
Dr Giorgio
Dall'Olmo
Carbon Cycle -
Remote Sensing and Bio-Optics
My research focuses on improving our understanding of the ocean
carbon cycle. Observations are key to this understanding and, yet,
very scarce in the ocean. One of the thrusts of my work is
thus to devise methods to constrain ocean carbon cycle variables
and rates by exploiting optical observations. [more...]
Dr Tim
Smyth
Satellite
Data/Ultra-violet Radiation (UVR)
The AMT has provided an ideal platform of opportunity for taking
measurements of ultra-violet radiation (UVR) at different
wavelengths, both above and within the water. The multiple
biomes that are sampled, together with the range of incident
atmospheric conditions (mid-latitude, tropical, equatorial) provide
[more...]
Dr
Victor Martinez-Vicente
Bio-optical data & Ocean colour
My role in AMT is the maintenance and exploitation of
bio-optical data to understand the causes of colour in the ocean.
The ocean colour “seen” from a satellite is related to the light
absorbed and scattered by substances in the water. I focus my
research on the (small) fraction of the light that is scattered in
the backward direction [more...]
Dr Jo
Dixon
Microbial
Ecology
We have only just begun to understand methanol biogeochemistry
and its significance in marine microbial carbon cycling in the
oceans. AMT data has helped analyse the uptake in microbial
methanol within the Atlantic Ocean gyres. [more...]
Dr Carole
Llewellyn
Microbial
Biogeochemistry
The composition and abundance of mycosporine-like amino acids
(MAAs) were investigated in the surface waters along a 13,000-km
meridional transect (52°N to 45°S) in the Atlantic Ocean during the
18th AMT cruise (2008). MAAs were ubiquitous along the transect,
although their composition was variable. [more...]