Simulation of the nitrate seasonal cycle in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean during 1983 and 1984

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C7, 1999, Pages 15549-15573

  Loukos, Harilaos ^a,b   Mémery, Laurent ^a,b  

^a Lab d'Oceanogr Dynamique C   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

(EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033429219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900084     Document Type: Review

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