Dispersal of the Suwannee River Plume Over the West Florida Shelf: Simulation and Observation of the Optical and Biochemical Consequences of a Flushing Event

Authors

Jason K. Jolliff, University of South Florida
John J. Walsh, University of South FloridaFollow
Ruoying He, University of South Florida
Robert H. Weisberg, University of South FloridaFollow
Antoya Stovall-Leonard, University of South Florida
Paula G. Coble, University of South FloridaFollow
Robyn Conmy, University of South Florida
Cynthia A. Heil, University of South FloridaFollow
Bisman Nababan, University of South Florida
Haiying Zhang, University of South Florida
Chuanmin Hu, University of South FloridaFollow
Frank E. Muller-Karger, University of South FloridaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2003

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL016964

Abstract

We have combined a circulation model with one of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) photolysis to describe the fate of terrestrial CDOM on the West Florida shelf (WFS). Our results for summer 1998 suggest that a near shore plume of CDOM became entrained in a coastal jet extending south from the Suwannee River (Big Bend) region of the WFS towards the Florida Keys-a feature also evident in satellite ocean color imagery. The coupled models suggest that photochemical losses of CDOM were significant, but provided only a minimal nitrogen source for phytoplankton growth on the WFS.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 30, issue 13, art. 42

Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.

Scholar Commons Citation

Jolliff, Jason K.; Walsh, John J.; He, Ruoying; Weisberg, Robert H.; Stovall-Leonard, Antoya; Coble, Paula G.; Conmy, Robyn; Heil, Cynthia A.; Nababan, Bisman; Zhang, Haiying; Hu, Chuanmin; and Muller-Karger, Frank E., "Dispersal of the Suwannee River Plume Over the West Florida Shelf: Simulation and Observation of the Optical and Biochemical Consequences of a Flushing Event" (2003). Marine Science Faculty Publications. 364.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/364