Remote estimation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium


Investigators Raleigh Hood
Co-Investigators none
SMP Project Modeling of N2 and CO2 Fixation by the Oceanic Diazotroph Trichodesmium
Product Model to calculate nitrogen fixation rates from remote estimates of Trichodesmium biomass
Description

Source code for the model, and input files for the South Atlantic Bight test case are provided in both a gzipped unix tar format and a zip format. The test case is described in Hood et al. (2002).

Submitted May 2004
e-Citation

Hood, R. R.; U.S. JGOFS Synthesis & Modeling Project - Data. U.S. JGOFS. iPub: May 2004. 'date you accessed the data' http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/mzweb/data/hood/trichon2.tar.gz

References

Hood, R.R., A. Subramaniam, L.R. May, E.J. Carpenter, and D.G. Capone. 2002. Remote estimation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium. Deep-Sea Research II, 49, 123-147.

Contact Raleigh Hood
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email: raleigh@hpl.umces.edu