How does dynamical spatial variability impact 234Th-derived estimates of organic export?

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-45

  Resplandy, L ^a   Martin, A P ^a   Le Moigne, F ^a   Martin, P ^a,b   Aquilina, A ^a   Memery L ^c   Levy M ^d   Sanders, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Export; Mesoscale; Spatial variability; Thorium 234

Indexed keywords

EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EXPLICIT MODELS; EXPORT; LAGRANGIAN; LARGE EDDY; MESOSCALE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY SOURCES; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; SPATIAL SCALE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS; STEADY STATE; TEMPORAL CHANGE; THORIUM-234; UNDER-SAMPLING;

ERRORS; ESTIMATION; KINETIC ENERGY;

THORIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE EDDY; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THORIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 84864959231     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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