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GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
卷 17, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2002GB001987
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new production; mesoscale processes; eddies; biogeochemical cycling; physical-biological interactions
[1] A nitrate-based model of new production is incorporated into eddy-resolving (0.1degrees) simulations of the North Atlantic. The biological model consists of light and nutrient limited production within the euphotic zone and relaxation of the nitrate field to climatology below. Sensitivity of the solutions to the parameters of the biological model is assessed in a series of simulations. Model skill is quantitatively evaluated with observations using an objective error metric; simulated new production falls within the range of observed values at several sites throughout the basin. Results from the best fit'' model are diagnosed in detail. Mean and eddying components of the nutrient fluxes are separated via Reynolds decomposition. In the subtropical gyre, eddy-driven vertical advection of nutrients is sufficient to overcome the mean wind-driven downwelling in the region and fuels a significant fraction of the annual new production in that area. In contrast, eddies constitute a net sink of nutrients in the subpolar gyre. Geostrophic adjustment to deep winter convection through mesoscale processes causes a net flux of nutrients out of the euphotic zone; the magnitude of this sink is sufficient to counterbalance the mean wind-driven upwelling of nutrients over much of the region. On the basis of these simulations it appears that the oceanic mesoscale has major impacts on nutrient supply to, and removal from, the euphotic zone.
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