20 Years of the Atlantic Meridional Transect-AMT
20 Years of the Atlantic Meridional Transect-AMT
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大西洋经向断面 - AMT 20 周年
DOI：
10.1002/lob.10069
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发表时间：
2015
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Rees A
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AMT (www.amt-uk.org) 是一个多学科项目，每年在英国和南大西洋目的地（如福克兰群岛、南非或智利）之间的航程中进行生物、化学和物理海洋学研究。这条超过 12,000 公里的横断面横跨从亚极地到热带的一系列生态系统，从富光陆架海和上升流系统到贫营养的洋中环流。 2015年是AMT历史上的两个里程碑：这一独特的远洋计划20周年的成就以及第25艘邮轮于9月15日启航。今年 6 月，普利茅斯海洋实验室 (PML) 主办了一次开放科学会议来庆祝这两项活动，并将在计划于 2016 年出版的《海洋学进展》特刊中进一步记录。自 1995 年以来，来自代表 22 个国家的 66 个研究所的 242 名海洋科学家参与了这 25 次研究航行。 AMT 从一开始就被设计为一个协作项目。它最初是由 NASA 的 Jim Aiken、Patrick Holligan、Roger Harris 和 Dave Robins 以及 Chuck McClain 和 Chuck Trees 构思的，用于测试海洋颜色的地面实况卫星算法。这一举措提供的机会意味着这一系列重复的两年一次的巡航迅速发展成为对海洋生物多样性、生物地球化学和海洋/大气相互作用的协调研究。
The AMT (www.amt-uk.org) is a multidisciplinary programme which undertakes biological, chemical, and physical oceanographic research during an annual voyage between the UK and a destination in the South Atlantic such as the Falkland Islands, South Africa, or Chile. This transect of >12,000 km crosses a range of ecosystems from subpolar to tropical, from euphotic shelf seas and upwelling systems, to oligotrophic mid-ocean gyres. The year 2015 has seen two milestones in the history of the AMT: the achievement of 20 years of this unique ocean going programme and the departure of the 25th cruise on the 15th of September. Both of these events were celebrated in June this year with an open science conference hosted by the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and will be further documented in a special issue of Progress in Oceanography which is planned for publication in 2016. Since 1995, the 25 research cruises have involved 242 sea-going scientists from 66 institutes representing 22 countries. AMT was designed from the outset to be a collaborative programme. It was originally conceived by Jim Aiken, Patrick Holligan, Roger Harris, and Dave Robins with Chuck McClain and Chuck Trees at NASA to test and ground truth satellite algorithms of ocean color. The opportunities offered by this initiative meant that this series of repeated biannual cruises rapidly developed into a coordinated study of ocean biodiversity, biogeochemistry, and ocean/atmosphere interactions.