Biogeochemical implications of increased mineral particle concentrations in surface waters of the northwestern North Pacific during an Asian dust event

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Iwamoto, Yoko ^a,b   Yumimoto, Keiya ^c   Toratani, Mitsuhiro ^d   Tsuda, Atsushi ^a   Miura, Kazuhiko ^e   Uno, Itsushi ^c   Uematsu, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MINERALS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIAN DUST; ASIAN DUST EVENT; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; DISSOLVED IRON; DUST EVENT; DUST PARTICLE; IRON FERTILIZATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MINERAL DUST; MINERAL DUST AEROSOL; MINERAL PARTICLES; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN SURFACES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA FOG; SIMULTANEOUS OBSERVATION; SURFACE OCEAN; SURFACE SEAWATER;

DUST;

AEROSOL; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST; IRON; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE WATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78751516915     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045906     Document Type: Article

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