Basin-wide seasonal evolution of the Indian Ocean's phytoplankton blooms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Lévy, Marina ^a,b   Shankar, D ^b   Andre J M ^a,b   Shenoi, S S C ^b   Durand, Fabien ^b,c   de Boyer Montégut, Clement ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c LEGOS   (France)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 38949167517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004090     Document Type: Article

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