Eddy and deep chlorophyl maximum response to wind-shear in the lee of Gran Canaria

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1087-1101

  Basterretxea, G ^a   Barton, E D ^b   Tett, P ^c   Sangra P ^d   Navarro Perez, E ^b   Aristegui J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Chlorophyll; Eddy; Fronts; Islands; Wakes; Wind

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; FLUORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); WIND STRESS;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDY SPUN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY; ISLAND; OCEANIC FRONT; WAKE; WIND SHEAR;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036090051     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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