Global teleconnections in the oceanic phosphorus cycle: Patterns, paths, and timescales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1775-1796

  Holzer, Mark ^a,c   Primeau, François W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

global nutrient cycle; Green functions; phosphate; teleconnections; timescales; transport

Indexed keywords

GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ADVECTIVE-DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; GLOBAL NUTRIENT CYCLES; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; NUTRIENT UTILIZATION; TELECONNECTIONS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIT-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSPORT;

RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DATA SET; GREEN FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; THERMOCLINE; TIMESCALE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878102284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20072     Document Type: Article

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