Possible biogeochemical response to the passage of Hurricane Fabian observed by satellites

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 687-697

  Son, Seunghyun ^a   Platt, Trevor ^b   Fuentes Yaco, Cesar ^b   Bouman, Heather ^c   Devred, Emmanuel ^b   Wu, Yongsheng ^b   Sathyendranath, Shubha ^b,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENTRAINMENT; HURRICANE FABIAN 2003; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TAXONOMY; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FABIA;

EID: 34547791301     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm050     Document Type: Article

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