Effect of eddy transport on the nutrient supply into the euphotic zone simulated in an eddy-permitting ocean ecosystem model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-87

  Sumata, Hiroshi ^a   Hashioka, Taketo ^b,c   Suzuki, Tatsuo ^b   Yoshie, Naoki ^d   Okunishi, Takeshi ^e   Aita, Maki N ^b   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^b   Ishida, Akio ^b,c   Okada, Naosuke ^a   Yamanaka, Yasuhiro ^a,b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy transport; Multi trophic level ecosystem model; Nutrient supply

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EDDY TRANSPORTS; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FRESH-WATER; GLOBAL OCEAN; HINDCASTS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODEL RESULTS; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NUTRIENT CYCLE; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OCEAN ECOSYSTEM MODEL; REDISTRIBUTION PROCESS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUPPLY NUTRIENTS; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPICAL REGIONS; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL FLUXES;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; GLOBAL OCEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 77956475152     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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