A predictive model for sateHite-derived phytoplankton absorption over the Louisiana shelf hypoxic zone: Effects of nutrients and physical forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Green, Rebecca E ^a   Gould Jr , Richard W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LINEAR REGRESSION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODELING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449092036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004594     Document Type: Article

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