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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4965-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4965-2017
Research article
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08 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2017

Calibration of a simple and a complex model of global marine biogeochemistry

Iris Kriest

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Early biogeochemical ocean models were of a simple structure, with few biogeochemical components. I here investigate whether additional biological complexity improves the fit with respect to observed global climatologies of annual mean nutrients and oxygen. After optimisation against these tracers a simple model fits observations almost as well as a more complex one, also with respect to independent estimates of global biogeochemical fluxes.
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