Impact of eddy-wind interaction on eddy demographics and phytoplankton community structure in a model of the North Atlantic Ocean

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-94

  Anderson, Laurence A ^a   McGillicuddy, Dennis J ^a   Maltrud, Mathew E ^b   Lima, Ivan D ^a   Doney, Scott C ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

25 30 N 58 68 W; Air sea interaction; Community composition; Ekman pumping; Mesoscale eddies; Phytoplankton; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; BIOLOGICAL SIMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDDY ACTIVITY; EKMAN PUMPING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FIELD DATA; HORIZONTAL GRID; HORIZONTAL VISCOSITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOMENTUM FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN VELOCITY; PHYSICAL CHANGES; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PHYTOPLANKTON; STORMS; WIND STRESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EKMAN PUMPING; GROWTH RATE; MESOSCALE EDDY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SARGASSO SEA;

EID: 80053132049     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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