On the role of the mesoscale circulation on an idealized coastal upwelling ecosystem

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lathuiliere C ^a,b   Echevin, V ^a   Levy M ^a   Madec, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b REC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; FILAMENTS (LAMP); PHYTOPLANKTON; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CIRCULATION MODELS; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL UPWELLING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; EUPHOTIC LAYERS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE ACTIVITY; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; ONSHORE FLOW; ORGANIC MATTER; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANKTON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; VELOCITY;

EID: 77957572524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005827     Document Type: Article

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