Intensification of tropical Pacific biological productivity due to volcanic eruptions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1184-1192

  Chikamoto, Megumi O ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a   Yoshimori, Masakazu ^b,c   Lehner, Flavio ^d,e   Laurian, Audine ^a   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^c,f   Mouchet, Anne ^g,h   Joos, Fortunat ^d   Raible, Christoph C ^d   Cobb, Kim M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

ⁱ GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological production; ENSO; last millennium; nutrient variability; tropical Pacific; volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; NICKEL; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ENSO; LAST MILLENNIUMS; TROPICAL PACIFIC; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EL NINO; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RADIATIVE FORCING; REDUCTION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

CLIO;

EID: 84956861433     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067359     Document Type: Article

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