A role for ocean biota in tropical intraseasonal atmospheric variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Gildor, Hezi ^a   Sobel, Adam H ^b,c   Cane, Mark A ^b,c   Sambrotto, Raymond N ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MARINE PLANKTON SYSTEMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CHLOROPHYLL; HEAT BALANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0041738972     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016759     Document Type: Article

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