Biological and physical signatures in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C8, 1999, Pages 18367-18382

  Signorini, S R ^a,b   Murtugudde, R G ^b,c   McClain, C R ^b   Christian, J R ^b,d   Picaut, J ^b,e   Busalacchi, A J ^b  

^a GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e L'Inst Rech pour le Developement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN COLOR; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWIFS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

(SUBTROPICAL); (TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033392102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900134     Document Type: Article

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