Characterizing the South Atlantic Bight seasonal variability and cold-water event in 2003 using a daily cloud-free SST and chlorophyll analysis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Miles, Travis N ^a   He, Ruoying ^a   Li, Mingkui ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHLOROPHYLL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; NANOFLUIDICS; PORPHYRINS; SEAWATER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WIND;

ABRUPT DROPS; CHLOROPHYLL-A; DIRECT RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; HEAT FLUX VARIATIONS; IN-SITU; NORTH AMERICANS; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; COLD WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; HEAT FLUX; MODIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 62749145016     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036396     Document Type: Article

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