Physical oceanographic conditions in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in summer 2000-2002

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 24-26, 2008, Pages 2541-2554

  Jochens, Ann E ^a   DiMarco, Steven F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico; Hydrography; Ocean currents; Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BATHYMETRY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUXES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STORMS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THEOREM PROVING; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITIES; CURRENT SPEEDS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GULF OF MEXICO; HISTORICAL DATUMS; HORIZONTAL VARIATIONS; HYDROGRAPHY; LOOP CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PHOTIC ZONES; RIVER DISCHARGES; SHELF WATERS; SMALL PARTICLE SIZES; SOURCE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL OCEANS; TIME SERIES; UP-WELLING; WATER COLUMNS; WATER DEPTHS; WATER MASSES; WATER PROPERTIES; WIND MIXING;

OXYGEN;

BATHYMETRY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CARBON FLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTIC ZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 57049179501     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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