The influence of tropical instability waves on phytoplankton blooms in the wake of the Marquesas Islands during 1998 and on the currents observed during the drift of the Kon-Tiki in 1947

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Legeckis, Richard ^a   Brown, Christopher W ^a   Bonjean, Fabrice ^b   Johnson, Eric S ^b  

^a National Oceanic/Atmospheric Admin   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

4200 Oceanography: General; 4275 Oceanography: General: Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes (0689); 4279 Oceanography: General: Upwelling and convergences; 4855 Oceanography: Biological and Chemical: Plankton; 9355 Information Related to Geographic Region: Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; IRON; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EQUATORIAL WATER; OCEAN COLOR OBSERVATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWIFS;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; WORLD;

THOR;

EID: 16644367155     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021637     Document Type: Article

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