Atmospheric global dust cycle and iron inputs to the ocean

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Mahowald, Natalie M ^a   Baker, Alex R ^b   Bergametti, Gilles ^c   Brooks, Nick ^b   Duce, Robert A ^d   Jickells, Timothy D ^b   Kubilay, Nilgün ^e   Prospero, Joseph M ^f   Tegen, Ina ^g,h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; DUST; IRON; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DUST; IRON;

EID: 31344479792     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GB002402     Document Type: Review

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