Estimating net community production in the Southern Ocean based on atmospheric potential oxygen and satellite ocean color data

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nevison, C D ^a   Keeling, R F ^b   Kahru, M ^b   Manizza, M ^b   Mitchell, B G ^b   Cassar, N ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC POTENTIAL OXYGEN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; DEEP WATER; F RATIO; GROWING SEASON; MIXED LAYER; MONITORING SITES; NET COMMUNITY PRODUCTIONS; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY MODELS; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN PROCESS; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; THERMAL SIGNALS; THREE COMPONENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; HEAT FLUX; OXYGEN; VENTILATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT FLUX; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84858272606     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004040     Document Type: Article

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