A possible plankton wave in the Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Srokosz, Meric A ^a   Quartly, Graham D ^a   Buck, Justin J H ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; WAVE PROPAGATION; MECHANICAL WAVES; PLANKTON;

EDDY PROPAGATION; PLANKTON WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

WATER WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN COLOR; OPEN OCEAN; PLANKTON; WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MEAN FLOW; OCEAN-COLOUR; OPEN OCEAN; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 4544357836     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019738     Document Type: Article

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