Predictive accuracy of temperature-nitrate relationships for the oceanic mixed layer of the New Zealand region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Sherlock, V ^a   Pickmere, S ^a   Currie, K ^b   Hadfield, M ^a   Nodder, S ^a   Boyd, P W ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; NITRATES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548303648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003562     Document Type: Article

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