Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1183-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1183-2020
Research article
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17 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2020

An explicit estimate of the atmospheric nutrient impact on global oceanic productivity

Stelios Myriokefalitakis, Matthias Gröger, Jenny Hieronymus, and Ralf Döscher

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Atmospheric deposition fields of nutrients (N, Fe, and P) S. Myriokefalitakis https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4017209

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Global inorganic and organic nutrient deposition fields are coupled to PISCES to investigate their effect on ocean biogeochemistry. Pre-industrial deposition fluxes are lower compared to the present day, resulting in lower oceanic productivity. Future changes result in a modest decrease in the nutrients put into the global ocean. This work provides a first assessment of the atmospheric organic nutrients' contribution, highlighting the importance of their representation in biogeochemistry models.