Variability of upwelling and chlorophyll in the equatorial Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Grodsky, Semyon A ^a   Carton, James A ^a   McClain, Charles R ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHLOROPHYLL; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; WIND;

BOREAL SUMMER; MONSOON; SEASONAL PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL STRENGTHENING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWIFS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND; UPWELLING; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 41849085208     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032466     Document Type: Article

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