Nutrient and salinity decadal variations in the central and eastern North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Di Lorenzo, E ^a   Fiechter, J ^b   Schneider, N ^c   Braceo, A ^a   Miller, A J ^d   Franks, P J S ^d   Bograd, S J ^e   Moore, A M ^b   Thomas, A C ^f   Crawford, W ^g   Pena A ^g   Hermann, A J ^h  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CLIMATE INDEX; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; HINDCASTS; IN-PHASE; KUROSHIO; LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN MODEL; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIAL EXPRESSIONS; UPPER OCEAN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUPERALLOYS;

NUTRIENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GYRE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70349596061     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038261     Document Type: Article

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