The shape of the oceanic nitracline

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3273-3287

  Omand, M M ^a,b   Mahadevan, A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUPHOTIC ZONE; GLOBAL OCEAN; GYRE; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PYCNOCLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHAPE; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER DEPTH;

BERMUDA; CALIFORNIA; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930947296     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3273-2015     Document Type: Article

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