Quantifying biological carbon export for the northwest North Atlantic continental shelves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Fennel, Katja ^a   Wilkin, John ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PUMPS;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON EXPORT; CARBON RICH; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEEP OCEAN; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC; OCEANIC UPTAKE; PUMP MECHANISM; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; UNDERLYING MECHANISM;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON FLUX; CONTINENTAL SHELF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70849098221     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039818     Document Type: Article

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