A global view of bio-physical coupling from SeaWiFS and TOPEX satellite data, 1997-2001

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Wilson, Cara ^a   Adamec, David ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; SATELLITES; STREAM FLOW;

GLOBAL CORRELATION; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PHYSICAL COUPLING; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; SURFACE PRODUCTIVITY; THERMOCLINE DEPTH;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0037092258     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014063     Document Type: Article

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