Impact of tropical instability waves on nutrient and chlorophyll distributions in the equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-188

  Evans, Wiley ^a   Strutton, Peter G ^a   Chavez, Francisco P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Phytoplankton; Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array; Tropical instability waves

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; STREAM FLOW; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVES;

BOREAL WINTERS; CASE STUDIES; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATIONS; CHLOROPHYLL DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC FEATURES; IN-SITU; LAGRANGIAN; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SATELLITE DATUMS; SEASONAL CYCLES; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE OCEAN (TAO) ARRAY; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVES; UP-WELLING;

NUTRIENTS;

CHLOROPHYLL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 58149289864     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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