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Roland Séférian1, Laurent Bopp2, Marion Gehlen2

  • 1Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques-Groupe d'Etude de l'Atmosphère Météorologique/Groupe de Météorologie de Grande Echelle et Climat, 31100 Toulouse, France;Institut Pierre Simon Laplace/Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France; roland.seferian@meteo.fr.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|July 30, 2014
PubMed
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Forecasting net primary productivity (NPP) in the tropical Pacific shows a 3-year predictive skill, surpassing sea surface temperature. This advance relies on understanding nutrient advection

Keywords:
ecosystem managementforecastmarine biogeochemistry

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