Trends in primary production in the California Current detected with satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kahru, Mati ^a   Kudela, Raphael ^b   Manzano Sarabia, Marlenne ^c   Mitchell, B Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PORPHYRINS; SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM MATCHING; CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IN-SITU DATA; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OCEAN COLOR; OCEAN PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGORITHM; BOUNDARY CURRENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 66149161805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004979     Document Type: Article

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