A dynamic marine iron cycle module coupled to the University of Victoria Earth System Model: the Kiel Marine Biogeochemical Model 2 for UVic 2.9

Nickelsen, L.; Keller, D. P.; Oschlies, A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1357-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1357-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1357-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 5

Model description paper

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12 May 2015

Model description paper |

| 12 May 2015

A dynamic marine iron cycle module coupled to the University of Victoria Earth System Model: the Kiel Marine Biogeochemical Model 2 for UVic 2.9

L. Nickelsen, D. P. Keller, and A. Oschlies

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RC C2826: 'Interactive Comments on, ‘A dynamic marine iron cycle module coupled to the University of Victoria Earth System Model: the Kiel Marine Biogeochemical Model 2 (KMBM2) for UVic 2.9’', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jan 2015
- AC C3474: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Levin Nickelsen, 04 Mar 2015
RC C3240: 'Review', A. Tagliabue, 02 Feb 2015
- AC C3484: 'Response to Referee #2 A. Tagliabue', Levin Nickelsen, 04 Mar 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Levin Nickelsen on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Apr 2015) by Andy Ridgwell

Short summary

In this paper we find that including the marine cycle of the phytoplankton nutrient iron in a global climate model improves the agreement between observed and simulated nutrient concentrations in the ocean and that a better description of the source of iron from the sediment to the ocean is more important than that of iron-containing dust deposition. Finally, we find that the response of the iron cycle to climate warming affects the phytoplankton growth and nutrient cycles.