Interannual variability of the Gulf of Alaska eddy field

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Ladd, Carol ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CHLOROPHYLL; KINETIC ENERGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALTIMETRY DATA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547989906     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029478     Document Type: Article

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