Navidad development in the southern Bay of Biscay: Climate change and swoddy structure from remote sensing and in situ measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Garcia Soto, Carlos ^a   Pingree, Robin D ^a   Valdés, Luis ^a  

^a Marine Culture Units El Bocal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Chlorophyll a; Eastern Boundary Current; Eddy; SST

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 0037104884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001012     Document Type: Article

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