Stirring of the northeast Atlantic spring bloom: A Lagrangian analysis based on multisatellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lehahn, Yoav ^a,b   d'Ovidio, F ^c   Lévy, Marina ^a   Heifetz, E ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 35349026816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003927     Document Type: Article

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