Fronts in Large Marine Ecosystems

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 223-236

  Belkin, Igor M ^a   Cornillon, Peter C ^a   Sherman, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BERING SEA; BIOLOGICAL CORRELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DATA ARCHIVES; DISTRIBUTION MAPS; EAST CHINA SEA; EDGE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; GULF OF MEXICO; LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEAN FREQUENCY; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC FRONTS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; QUASI-STATIONARY; RHODE ISLAND; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL FRONTS; WATER PROPERTIES; WEST GREENLAND; YELLOW SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; EDGE DETECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURVEYS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DENSITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; EAST CHINA SEA; EAST GREENLAND SHELF; GREENLAND SEA; GULF OF MEXICO; LABRADOR SEA; LABRADOR SHELF; NEWFOUNDLAND SHELF; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PATAGONIAN SHELF; RHODE ISLAND; SEA OF OKHOTSK; UNITED STATES; WEST GREENLAND SHELF; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67651155781     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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