Effect of chlorophyll-a spatial distribution on upper ocean temperature in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-596

  Lin, Pengfei ^a,b   Liu, Hailong ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Sea surface temperature; The equatorial cold tongue

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349131354     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0585-4     Document Type: Article

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