Large-scale forcing impact on biomass variability in the South Atlantic Bight

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Signorini, Sergio R ^a   McClain, Charles R ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CLIMATOLOGIC DATA SET; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUB-SURFACE INTRUSION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOMASS; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CARBON CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 38549118482     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031121     Document Type: Article

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