MOPS-1.0: towards a model for the regulation of the global oceanic nitrogen budget by marine biogeochemical processes

• Published in: Geoscientific Model Development Vol. 8; no. 9; pp. 2929 - 2957
• Main Authors: Kriest, I., Oschlies, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 23.09.2015; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Analysis; Biogeochemical cycles; Biogeochemistry; Budgets; Chemical oceanography; Chemical reactions; Computer simulation; Denitrification; Experiments; Fluxes; Mopping; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogen sources; Nitrogenation; Ocean models; Organic matter; Oxidants; Oxidizing agents; Oxygen; Parameterization; Particle settling; Phosphorus; Ratios; Remineralization; Sinkholes; Sinking; Tracers

Global models of the oceanic nitrogen cycle are subject to many uncertainties regarding the representation of the relevant biogeochemical processes and of the feedbacks between nitrogen sources and sinks that determine space- and timescales on which the global nitrogen budget is regulated. We invest...