Complex functionality with minimal computation: Promise and pitfalls of reduced-tracer ocean biogeochemistry models

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2012-2028

  Galbraith, Eric D ^a,b   Dunne, John P ^c   Gnanadesikan, Anand ^d   Slater, Richard D ^e   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^e   Dufour, Carolina O ^e   De Souza, Gregory F ^e   Bianchi, Daniele ^b,g   Claret, Mariona ^b   Rodgers, Keith B ^e   Marvasti, Seyedehsafoura Sedigh ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; carbon dioxide; climate; modeling; nutrients; oxygen

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SILICATE MINERALS; TOPAZ;

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY; CLIMATE; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; OCEAN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; TRACER;

EID: 84959463420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000463     Document Type: Article

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