The role of phytoplankton dynamics in the seasonal and interannual variability of carbon in the subpolar North Atlantic-a modeling study

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-707

  Signorini, S R ^a,b   Hakkinen S ^b   Gudmundsson, K ^c   Olsen, A ^d,h   Omar, A M ^d   Olafsson, J ^c   Reverdin, G ^e   Henson, S A ^f   McClain, C R ^b   Worthen, D L ^b,g  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g Wyle Information Systems Group   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COCCOLITH; DIATOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ICELAND BASIN; IRMINGER SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84861309330     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-683-2012     Document Type: Article

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