An observational assessment of the influence of mesoscale and submesoscale heterogeneity on ocean biogeochemical reactions

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1421-1438

  Martin, Adrian P ^a   Lévy, Marina ^b   Van Gennip, Simon ^a,c   Pardo, Silvia ^d   Srokosz, Meric ^a   Allen, John ^e   Painter, Stuart C ^a   Pidcock, Roz ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; eddy reaction; mesoscale; modeling; observations; submesoscale

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL OCEAN; HETEROGENEITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOSCALE EDDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84945200888     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GB005129     Document Type: Article

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