Modeling oceanic nitrate and nitrite concentrations and isotopes using a 3-D inverse N cycle model

Martin, Taylor S.; Primeau, François; Casciotti, Karen L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-347-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-347-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-347-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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24 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 24 Jan 2019

Modeling oceanic nitrate and nitrite concentrations and isotopes using a 3-D inverse N cycle model

Taylor S. Martin, François Primeau, and Karen L. Casciotti

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RC1: 'Review of ``Modeling oceanic nitrite concentrationsinverse N cycle model" for Biogeosciences', Itzel Ruvalcaba Baroni, 23 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Taylor Martin, 11 Dec 2018
- AC2: 'Additional Response to Reviewer 1', Taylor Martin, 11 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review of Martin et al.', Annie Bourbonnais, 02 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Taylor Martin, 11 Dec 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Dec 2018) by Jack Middelburg

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Nitrite is a key intermediate in many nitrogen (N) cycling processes in the ocean, particularly in areas with low oxygen that are hotspots for N loss. We have created a 3-D global N cycle model with nitrite as a tracer. Stable isotopes of N are also included in the model and we are able to model the isotope fractionation associated with each N cycling process. Our model accurately represents N concentrations and isotope distributions in the ocean.