Contribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition to new production in the nitrogen limited photic zone of the northern Indian Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Arvind ^a,b   Gandhi, Naveen ^a,c   Ramesh, R ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW PRODUCTION; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN CONTENT; PHOTIC ZONE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REACTIVE NITROGEN; RIVERINE FLUX; SUNLIT SURFACE LAYERS; TROPICAL OCEAN;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DATA SET; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTIC ZONE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARABIAN SEA; BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84862275977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007737     Document Type: Article

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