Modifications of mode water properties by sub-mesoscales in a bio-physical model of the Northeast Atlantic

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Karleskind, P ^a   Levy M ^b   Memery L ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon export; Frontogenesis; Mode waters; POMME; Spring bloom; Stratification; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON EXPORT; FRONTOGENESIS; MODE WATERS; POMME; SPRING BLOOMS; SUBDUCTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON DIOXIDE; EXPERIMENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FRONTOGENESIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; MODE WATER; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRATIFICATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 79951922327     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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