Effects of biologically induced differential heating in an eddy-permitting coupled ocean-ecosystem model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Löptien, Ulrike ^b   Eden, Carsten ^b   Timmermann, Axel ^c   Dietze, Heiner ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Ozeanzirkulation und Klimadynamik LeibnizInstitut für Meereswissenschaften   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHLOROPHYLL; EXPERIMENTS; HEATING; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; TIME SERIES;

BIOLOGICAL MODELS; BIOPHYSICAL COUPLINGS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EASTERN PACIFIC; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN CURRENTS; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NEAR-SURFACE; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE WARMING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL SHEAR; WATER COLUMNS;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HEATING; HINDCASTING; KINETIC ENERGY; LA NINA; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 69549133924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004936     Document Type: Article

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