Natural biogeochemical cycle of mercury in a global three-dimensional ocean tracer model

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 553-570

  Zhang, Yanxu ^a   Jaeglé, Lyatt ^a   Thompson, Luanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D model; biogeochemical cycle; global modeling; mercury; oceanic model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

3-D MODELING; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GLOBAL MODELING; MERCURY DISTRIBUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC MODEL;

MERCURY (METAL);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOLOGICAL PUMP; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84901101600     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004814     Document Type: Article

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