Evaluation of biogeochemical cycles in an ensemble of three state-of-the-art numerical models of the Baltic Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-284

  Eilola, K ^a   Gustafsson, B G ^b   Kuznetsov, I ^c   Meier, H E M ^a   Neumann, T ^c   Savchuk, O P ^b  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Coupled physical biogeochemical modeling; Numerical modeling; Nutrients; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; BIOAVAILABLE FRACTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED PHYSICAL-BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION MODEL; HINDCASTS; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; KEY PROCESS; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUTRIENT LOADING; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEAN MODEL; OXYGEN DYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT FLUX; SUBBASINS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D);

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; VOLUME;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 79960467512     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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