hi,
could someone explain what the chlorophyll calculation in fasham.h is doing in biological terms? Are there papers to cite that calculate chlorophyll from phytoplankton nitrogen in the same way?
Also, am I right in my inference that the chlorophyll calculation doesn't feed back into the phytoplankton N evolution--so that if I wanted to convert N to chl in some other way (say, by using an empirical chl:N regression) I wouldn't have to modify any code, just ignore ROMS' chl and calculate my own in postprocessing?
thanks,
neil
chlorophyll in fasham.h
papers regarding fasham.h
Fasham, M. J. R., H. W. Ducklow, and S. M. McKelvie. 1990.
A nitrogen-based model of plankton dynamics in the oceanic mixed layer. J. Mar. Res. 48:591-639.
Fennel, K., Wilkin, J., Levin, J., Moisan, J., O’Reilly, J., Haidvogel, D.
Nitrogen cycling in the Mid Atlantic Bight and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget: Results from a three-dimensional model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2005GB002456
A nitrogen-based model of plankton dynamics in the oceanic mixed layer. J. Mar. Res. 48:591-639.
Fennel, K., Wilkin, J., Levin, J., Moisan, J., O’Reilly, J., Haidvogel, D.
Nitrogen cycling in the Mid Atlantic Bight and implications for the North Atlantic nitrogen budget: Results from a three-dimensional model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB3007, doi:10.1029/2005GB002456