Sensitivity analysis of an ocean carbon cycle model in the North Atlantic: an investigation of parameters affecting the air-sea CO2 flux, primary production and export of detritus

• Published in: Ocean Science
• Main Authors: C. J. Merchant, H. Kettle, V. Scott
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: envir; geo; Irminger Sea; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-405-2011; http://www.ocean-sci.net/7/405/2011/os-7-405-2011.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/5401af81f8ab4c44a14bc1979bd86669

The sensitivity of the biological parameters in a nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton-detritus (NPZD) model in the calculation of the air-sea CO2 flux, primary production and detrital export is analysed. We explore the effect on these outputs of variation in the values of the twenty parameters that c...