Biogeochemical patchiness at the sea surface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Mahadevan, A ^a,b   Campbell, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE DISTRIBUTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036819646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014116     Document Type: Article

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