Investigation of Arctic sea ice and ocean primary production for the period 1992-2007 using a 3-D global ice-ocean ecosystem model

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 81-84, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-35

  Jin, Meibing ^a   Deal, Clara ^a   Lee, Sang H ^b   Elliott, Scott ^c   Hunke, Elizabeth ^c   Maltrud, Mathew ^c   Jeffery, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Ecosystem model; Ice ocean model; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; ARCTIC CIRCLE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; ARCTIC SHELF; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; CRUISE TRACK; DECADAL CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FOOD SOURCES; FOOD WEBS; ICE ALGAE; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MODEL RESULTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPEN WATER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION RATE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RISING TEMPERATURES; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA ICE MODELS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; ICE ALGA; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OPEN WATER; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CANADA BASIN; CHUKCHI SEA; LOS ALAMOS; NEW MEXICO; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 84869092124     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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