Biological-physical coupling in the central equatorial Pacific during the onset of the 1997-98 El Niño

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3543-3546

  Chavez, Francisco P ^a,c   Strutton, Peter G ^b   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO PHENOMENON; KELVIN WAVES;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032193173     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02729     Document Type: Article

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