Anomalous hydrographic and biological conditions in the northern South China Sea during the 1997-1998 El Niño and comparisons with the equatorial Pacific

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2129-2143

  Tseng, Chun Mao ^a   Liu, K K ^b   Wang, L W ^b   Gong, G C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; El Ni o; Monsoon; Primary production; South China Sea; South East Asian Time series Study (SEATS)

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION OF; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MIXED LAYER; NORTHEAST MONSOON; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; NUTRICLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; UPPER WATER COLUMN; WARM POOLS; WATER COLUMNS; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL; WIND MIXING; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PORPHYRINS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO; HYDROBIOLOGY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 71849089357     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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