Mesoscale variability of the Mexican Tropical Pacific using TOPEX and SeaWiFS data;Variabilidad de mesoescala del Pacífico tropical mexicano mediante datos de los sensores TOPEX y SeaWiFS

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-549

  Lopez Calderon J ^a   Manzo Monroy, H ^a   Santamaria del Angel E ^a   Castro, R ^a   Gonzalez Silvera A ^a   Millan Nunez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Mesoscale eddies; Mexican Tropical Pacific; Sea level anomaly; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; EDDY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

SESBANIA SERICEA;

EID: 33750530397     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i3.1125     Document Type: Article

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