Assessing the uncertainties of model estimates of primary productivity in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 113-133

  Friedrichs, Marjorie A M ^a   Carr, Mary Elena ^b   Barber, Richard T ^c   Scardi, Michele ^d   Antoine, David ^e   Armstrong, Robert A ^f   Asanuma, Ichio ^g   Behrenfeld, Michael J ^h   Buitenhuis, Erik T ⁱ   Chai, Fei ^j   Christian, James R ^k   Ciotti, Aurea M ^l   Doney, Scott C ^m   Dowell, Mark ⁿ   Dunne, John ^o   Gentili, Bernard ^e   Gregg, Watson ^p   Hoepffner, Nicolas ⁿ   Ishizaka, Joji ^q   Kameda, Takahiko ^r   Lima, Ivan ^m   Marra, John ^s   Mélin, Frédéric ⁿ   Moore, J Keith ^t   Morel, André ^e   O'Malley, Robert T ^h   O'Reilly, Jay ^u   Saba, Vincent S ^a   Schmeltz, Marjorie ^b   Smyth, Tim J ^v   Tjiputra, Jerry ^w   Waters, Kirk ^x   Westberry, Toby K ^h   Winguth, Arne ^y   more..

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^k FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^l SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^m WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁿ JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^o NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^p NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^q NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^s CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^v PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^w BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^x CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Modeling; Primary production; Remote sensing; Satellite ocean color; Statistical analysis; Tropical Pacific Ocean (15 N to 15 S and 125 E to 95 W)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; COLOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUMPING PLANTS; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SATELLITES; TROPICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; GLOBAL CHANGES; IN-SITU; INPUT VARIABLES; INTER-DECADAL; MODEL COMPARISONS; MODEL COMPLEXITY; MODEL ESTIMATES; MODEL SKILLS; MODELING; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITIES; PRODUCTIVITY MODELS; REGIONAL SCALE; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE OCEAN COLORS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN COLOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 59049100249     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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