A nitrogen based model for the cycling of carbon dioxide in the subarctic Pacific Ocean ...
This model explores the integration of a physical mixing model with an ecological model for the studies of the CO2 problem in the ocean. The model is specifically for the regional CO2 cycling at Ocean Station P (OSP, 50° N, 145°W) and is composed of a physical submodel for physical processes and a b...
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University of British Columbia
2008
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0053199 https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0053199 |
| Summary: | This model explores the integration of a physical mixing model with an ecological model for the studies of the CO2 problem in the ocean. The model is specifically for the regional CO2 cycling at Ocean Station P (OSP, 50° N, 145°W) and is composed of a physical submodel for physical processes and a biological submodel for biological processes. By dividing the water column into a number of layers, I have defined physical processes as those affecting material flux between boxes and biological processes as affecting material flow within a box. The direct target of the model is the cycling of nitrogen from which the cycling of CO2 can be derived. The physical submodel basically deals with the turbulent mixing, particulate sinking, and zooplankton migration at OSP. Zooplankton migration is included in the physical submodel because it acts between boxes rather than within boxes. Considering the theoretical simplicity, I used the Mellor and Yamada's level II model for the turbulent mixing. Although available ... |
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