Eulerian and Lagrangian properties of biophysical intermittency in the ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Seuront, Laurent ^a,b   Schmitt, François G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; EULERIAN TURBULENCE; SEASONAL CYCLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

BIOMASS; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SCALE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 18144453152     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018185     Document Type: Article

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