Spatial patterns of intraseasonal variability of chlorophyll and sea surface temperature in the California Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Legaard, Kasey R ^a   Thomas, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 36248933077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004097     Document Type: Article

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