A model of the Arctic Ocean carbon cycle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Manizza, M ^a,b   Follows, M J ^a   Dutkiewicz, S ^a   Menemenlis, D ^c   McClelland, J W ^d   Hill, C N ^a   Peterson, B J ^e   Key, R M ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH; PHOSPHORUS; STREAM FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIR SEA FLUX; AIR-SEA EXCHANGE; ARCTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COASTAL WATERS; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GAS TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; NORTH AMERICAN; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; REMINERALIZATION; SEA-ICE COVER; SEASONAL TRENDS; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE OCEAN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; COASTAL WATER; COOLING; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MIXING; PHOSPHATE; REMINERALIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84055217613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006998     Document Type: Article

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