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Cell State Trajectories: Physical conditions

Introduction Cell states Physical conditions

Physical paramenters to be collected:

  • hourly air temperature, wind speed and direction, surface water temperature
  • sunlight (PAR, UVA & UVB)
  • temperature profile in the water
  • O2 profile
  • chlorophyll of phycocyan concentrations
  • CDOM

Physical parameters to be calculated or modeled from incomplete data:

  • turbulent diffusivities from wind shear
  • water density profiles
  • algal density with depth
  • light attenuation with depth
  • O2 profile
  • algal producitivty and respiration
  • other respiration

List of example days to be explored:

  • Spring - cloudy and windy
  • Spring - cloudy and calm
  • Spring - clear and windy
  • Spring - clear and calm with surface warming up
  • Summer - overnight mixing, surface morning warming, afternoon wind
  • Summer - overnight mixing, surface warming, calm afternoon
  • Summer - 2nd calm day in a row
  • Summer - windy and cloudy
  • Fall - warm but with very cold nights
  • Fall - warm but windy
  • Fall - cold day, blustery