Oxygen and nitrogen cycling in the northeast Pacific - Simulations and observations at Station Papa in 2003/2004

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-469

  Steiner, Nadja ^a   Vagle, S ^b   Denman, K ^a,b   McNeil, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DEPOSITION; GAS EXCHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN CYCLE; OXYGEN; PARAMETERIZATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 34548514241     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224007781567658     Document Type: Article

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