Influences of diurnal and intraseasonal forcing on mixed-layer and biological variability in the central Arabian Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C4, 2001, Pages 7139-7155

  McCreary Jr , Julian P ^a,g   Kohler, Kevin E ^b   Hood, Raleigh R ^c   Smith, Sharon ^d   Kindle, John ^e   Fischer, Albert S ^f   Weller, Robert A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; MIXED LAYER; MODELING; MONSOON;

ARABIAN SEA;

EID: 0034933184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900156     Document Type: Article

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