Decadal analysis of hydrography and in situ nutrient budgets in the western and eastern North Atlantic subtropical gyre

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Cianca, Andrés ^a,c   Helmke, Peer ^a   Mouriño, Beatriz ^b,d   Rueda, María José ^c   Llinás, Octavio ^c   Neuer, Susanne ^a,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Instituto Canario de Ciencias Marinas   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EDDY; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548642918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003788     Document Type: Article

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