The influence of mesoscale and submesoscale heterogeneity on ocean biogeochemical reactions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1139-1150

  Levy, M ^a   Martin, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NOC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eddy flux; eddy productivity; eddy reactions; eddy mean decomposition; nonlinear; submesoscale

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; EDDY FLUXES; EDDY REACTIONS; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; NONLINEAR; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; SUBMESOSCALE;

PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CORRELATION; GYRE; HETEROGENEITY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NONLINEARITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84887966446     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012GB004518     Document Type: Article

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