Physical and bio-optical observations of oceanic cyclones west of the island of Hawai'i

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 10-13, 2008, Pages 1195-1217

  Dickey, Tommy D ^a   Nencioli, Francesco ^a   Kuwahara, Victor S ^a   Leonard, Carrie ^b   Black, Wil ^a   Rii, Yoshimi M ^c   Bidigare, Robert R ^c   Zhang, Qin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclonic eddies; E FLUX project; Hawai'i; Mesoscale processes; Physical biological coupling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CYCLONIC EDDIES; MESOSCALE PROCESSES; PHYSICAL-BIOLOGICAL COUPLING;

STORMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYCLONE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46549087953     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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