Anomalous biogeochemical conditions in the northern South China Sea during the El-Niño events between 1997 and 2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Tseng, C M ^a   Gong, G C ^b   Wang, L W ^c   Liu, K K ^c   Yang, Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Taiwan Ocean Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHLOROPHYLL A; MEAN SEA SURFACES; MEAN WIND SPEED; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIXING; WINTER MONTHS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

PENSION PLANS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO; HYDROGRAPHY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349603556     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038252     Document Type: Article

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