Major role of the equatorial current system in setting oxygen levels in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean: A high-resolution model study

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2033-2040

  Duteil, Olaf ^a   Schwarzkopf, Franziska U ^a   Böning, Claus W ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^a  

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

Author keywords

biogeochemical modeling; equatorial current system; high resolution modeling; oxygen minimum zone; tropical Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; OCEAN HABITATS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; EQUATORIAL CURRENT SYSTEM; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

OXYGEN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; OXYGENATION; RESOLUTION; UNDERCURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84896059052     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058888     Document Type: Article

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