Vertical nutrient distributions in the western North Pacific ocean: Simple model for estimating nutrient upwelling, export flux and consumption rates

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-161

  Hirose, Katsumi ^a   Kamiya, Hitomi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Export flux; Nutrients; Redfield ratio; Simple biogeochemical model; Upwelling; WOCE P9

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OCEAN; UPWELLING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038078791     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025535003841     Document Type: Article

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