Variability in subtropical-tropical cells drives oxygen levels in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 8926-8934

  Duteil, Olaf ^a   Böning, Claus W ^a   Oschlies, Andreas ^a  

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

Author keywords

biogeochemical modeling; oxygen minimum zones; Pacific Ocean; subtropical tropical cells; tropical variability

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; DECADAL VARIABILITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; PACIFIC OCEAN; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; TROPICAL VARIABILITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CIRCULATION MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84921812121     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061774     Document Type: Article

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