Oceanic vertical exchange and new production: A comparison between models and observations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 363-401

  Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a   Slater, Richard D ^a   Gruber, Nicolas ^b   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOSPHATES;

BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE NUTRIENTS; VERTICAL EXCHANGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PYCNOCLINE; VERTICAL MIXING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0036139783     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00107-2     Document Type: Article

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