Seasonal and interannual variation of physical and biological processes during 1994-2001 in the Sea of Japan/East Sea: A three-dimensional physical-biogeochemical modeling study

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-277

  Liu, Guimei ^a,b   Chai, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Japan East Sea; Modeling; Nutrients and phytoplankton biomass; Seasonal and interannual variability; Volume transports

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL FIELDS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; JAPAN/EAST SEA; JAPAN/EAST SEAS; KEY FEATURE; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NORTHERN REGIONS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; OCEAN MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHASE CHANGE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; REANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SPRING BLOOMS; SUDDEN CHANGE; SURFACE CURRENT; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER LAYER; VOLUME TRANSPORT; VOLUME TRANSPORTS;

ALGAE CONTROL; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BLOOMS (METAL); CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

NUTRIENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC LEVEL; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 68749085856     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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