Seasonal variability of the surface chlorophyll in the western tropical Pacific from SeaWiFS data

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1581-1600

  Messié, Monique ^a   Radenac, Marie Hélène ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Biological physical interactions; Euphotic zone; Remote sensing; Seasonal variations; Surface chlorophyll; Surface currents; Western tropical Pacific (20 S 20 N, 120 E 160 W)

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; EUPHOTIC ZONES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE CURRENTS; WESTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC;

CHLOROPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33750502418     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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