Phytoplankton pigment distribution from SeaWiFS data in the subtropical convergence zone south of Africa: A wavelet analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1469-1472

  Machu, Eric ^a   Ferret, Bertrand ^a   Garçon, Véronique ^a  

^a Laboratoire D'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COLOR; OCEAN CURRENTS; PIGMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; BAND STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL WAVES; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE; SEAWIFS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CHLOROPHYLL PIGMENTS; DOMINANT WAVELENGTH; LONGITUDINAL EXTENSION; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; OCEAN COLOR SENSOR; PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENTS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONES;

EID: 0033562282     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900256     Document Type: Article

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