Mechanisms controlling dissolved iron distribution in the North Pacific: A model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Misumi, K ^a,b   Tsumune, D ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a   Uchimoto, K ^c   Nakamura, T ^c   Nishioka, J ^c   Mitsudera, H ^c   Bryan, F O ^b   Lindsay, K ^b   Moore, J K ^d   Doney, S C ^e  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISSOLVED MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PYCNOCLINE; RESOLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960927320     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001541     Document Type: Article

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66. H. Mitsudera, T. Nakamura, J. Nishioka, and K. Uchimoto, Pan-Okhotsk Research Center, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan.
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