Decadal variations in equatorial Pacific ecosystems and ferrocline/pycnocline decoupling

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rodgers, Keith B ^a   Aumont, Olivier ^b,c   Menkes, Christophe ^b,e   Gorgues, Thomas ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 50849137126     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002919     Document Type: Article

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