Covariation of mesoscale ocean color and sea-surface temperature patterns in the Sargasso Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 8-9, 2001, Pages 1823-1836

  McGillicuddy Jr , D J ^a   Kosnyrev, V K ^b   Ryan, J P ^c   Yoder, J A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIGMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TEMPERATURE PATTERNS;

OCEAN STRUCTURES;

CZCS; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0342526732     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(00)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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