Robotic observations of dust storm enhancement of carbon biomass in the North Pacific

Science

Volumn 298, Issue 5594, 2002, Pages 817-821

  Bishop, James K B ^a   Davis, Russ E ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER VISION; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

DIURNAL TIME SCALE;

BIOMASS;

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; DUST STORM; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DESERT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; WEATHER;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; DUST; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROBOTICS; SEAWATER; WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037174655     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1074961     Document Type: Article

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