Revisiting atmospheric dust export to the Southern Hemisphere ocean: Biogeochemical implications

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wagener, Thibaut ^a,b   Guieu, Cécile ^a,b   Losno, Rémi ^a   Bonnet, Sophie ^c   Mahowald, Natalie ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DUST; IRON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 49849084428     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB002984     Document Type: Article

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