Surface temperature, chlorophyll and advection patterns during a summer upwelling event off central Portugal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 759-774

  Oliveira, Paulo B ^a   Nolasco, Rita ^b   Dubert, Jesus ^b   Moita, Teresa ^a   Peliz, Álvaro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal retention; Coastal upwelling; Hydrodynamic model; Jet separation; Lagrangian model; Northeast Atlantic; Phytoplankton dynamics; Portugal; Primary production

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BATHYMETRY; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RETENTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61849091449     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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