Descending particles: From the atmosphere to the deep ocean-A time series study in the subtropical NE Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Brust, J ^a   Schulz Bull, D E ^a   Leipe, T ^a   Chavagnac, V ^b   Waniek, J J ^a  

^a Leibniz Institut Fr Ostseeforschung Warnemü ^*  (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON EXPORT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP OCEAN; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE FLUXES; PARTICLE RESIDENCE TIME; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP SEA; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TIME SERIES; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 79952946214     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045399     Document Type: Article

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