Analysis of horizontal and vertical processes contributing to natural iron supply in the mixed layer in southern Drake Passage

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 68-76

  Frants, Marina ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^a   Hatta, Mariko ^b   Hiscock, William T ^c   Kahru, Mati ^a   Measures, Christopher I ^b   Greg Mitchell, B ^a   Zhou, Meng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diapycnal mixing; Drake passage; Iron; Mixing; Ona basin; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; DIAPYCNAL MIXING; DRAKE PASSAGE; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; ONA BASIN; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ADVECTION; BLOOMS (METAL); CLIMATOLOGY; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

IRON;

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTINENTAL SHELF; IRON; MIXED LAYER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TRACE METAL; VERTICAL MIXING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84878018960     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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