Repository logo
 

New production in the warm waters of the Tropical Pacific Ocean

dc.contributor.authorPena, MAen_US
dc.contributor.authorLewis, M. R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCullen, J. J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-19T17:55:58Z
dc.date.available2013-06-19T17:55:58Z
dc.date.issued1994en_US
dc.description.abstractThe average depth-integrated rate of new production in the tropical Pacific Ocean was estimated from a calculation of horizontal and vertical nitrate balance over the region enclosed by the climatological 26 degree C isotherm. The net turbulent flux of nitrate into the region was computed in terms of the climatological net surface heat flux and the nitrate-temperature relationship at the base of the 26 degree C isotherm. The net advective transport of nitrate into the region was estimated using the mean nitrate distribution obtained from the analysis of historical data and previous results of a general circulation model of the tropical Pacific. The rate of new production resulting from vertical turbulent fluxes of nitrate was found to be similar in magnitude to that due to advective transport. Most (about 75%) of the advective input of nitrate was due to the horizontal transport of nutrient-rich water from the eastern equatorial region rather than from equatorial upwelling.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPena, MA, M. R. Lewis, and J. J. Cullen. 1994. "New production in the warm waters of the Tropical Pacific Ocean." Journal of Geophysical Research.C.Oceans 99(C7): 14-14,268. DOI: 10.1029/94JC00603en_US
dc.identifier.issn0148-0227en_US
dc.identifier.issue7en_US
dc.identifier.startpage14en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/26454
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1029/94JC00603
dc.identifier.volume99en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Geophysical Research.C.Oceansen_US
dc.rights.holderThis paper was published by AGU. Copyright 1994 American Geophysical Union
dc.subjectNitrogen cycleen_US
dc.subjectMarineen_US
dc.subjectTurbulent entrainmenten_US
dc.subjectChemical oceanographyen_US
dc.subjectNumerical analysisen_US
dc.subjectHeat transferen_US
dc.subjectPrimary productionen_US
dc.subjectNitratesen_US
dc.titleNew production in the warm waters of the Tropical Pacific Oceanen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Pena_et_al-1994-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Oceans_(1978-2012).pdf
Size:
1.47 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:

Collections