Mesoscale variability of Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) satellite ocean color: Global patterns and spatial scales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Doney, Scott C ^a   Glover, David M ^b   McCue, Scott J ^b   Fuentes, Montserrat ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEAN COLOR; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAWIFS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0038346853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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