Physical and biogeochemical forcing of oxygen and nitrate changes during el niño/el viejo and la niña/la vieja upper-ocean phases in the tropical eastern south pacific along 86 w

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 6339-6355

  Llanillo, P J ^a   Karstensen, J ^b   Pelegri J L ^a   Stramma, L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANTARCTIC INTERMEDIATE WATER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECADAL VARIATION; DENITRIFICATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; NITRATE; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SURFACE WATER; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84885448042     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6339-2013     Document Type: Article

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