Mechanism studies of seasonal variability of dissolved oxygen in Mass Bay: A multi-scale FVCOM/UG-RCA application

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-119

  Xue, Pengfei ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^b,d   Qi, Jianhua ^b   Beardsley, Robert C ^c   Tian, Rucheng ^b   Zhao, Liuzhi ^b   Lin, Huichan ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal; Dissolved oxygen; Mass Bay; Modeling; Physical biogeochemical

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MASS BAY; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSICAL-BIOGEOCHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MODELS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 84893770645     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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