Aeolian iron input to the ocean through precipitation scavenging: A modeling perspective and its implication for natural iron fertilization in the ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Gao, Yuan ^a,b   Fan, Song Miao ^a   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian iron; Dust modeling; Iron fertilization; Precipitation; Wet and dry deposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; IRON; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0346640370     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002420     Document Type: Article

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