Configuring an ecosystem model using data from the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series (BATS)

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1733-1768

  Spitz, Y H ^a   Moisan, J R ^b   Abbott, M R ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITROGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CRITICAL MODIFICATIONS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MIXED LAYER; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANKTON;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

EID: 0035026330     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00159-4     Document Type: Article

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