Hurricane-forced upwelling and chlorophyll a enhancement within cold-core cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Walker, Nan D ^a   Leben, Robert R ^b   Balasubramanian, Shreekanth ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND STRESS;

COLD CORE CYCLONES; MESOSCALE CYCLONES; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT (SSH);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL; HURRICANE; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27744471530     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023716     Document Type: Article

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