Sensitivity of the upper ocean temperature and circulation in the equatorial Pacific to solar radiation penetration due to phytoplankton

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 765-780

  Lin, Pengfei ^a,b   Liu, Hailong ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Equatorial Pacific; Solar radiation penetration; SST; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149071501     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-0765-7     Document Type: Article

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