Advective transport caused by intraseasonal Rossby waves: A key player of the high chlorophyll variability off the Peru upwelling region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Bonhomme, C ^a   Aumont, Olivier ^b   Echevin, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOW OF WATER; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL; PHASE VELOCITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING; WAVELENGTH;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36248974626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004022     Document Type: Article

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