Theory and observations of Ekman flux in the chlorophyll distribution downstream of South Georgia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Venables, Hugh J ^a   Meredith, Michael P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CHLOROPHYLL DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NATURAL IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SCOTIA SEA; SEAWIFS; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE LAYERS;

CHLOROPHYLL; PORPHYRINS; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWIFS; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WATER; TRAJECTORY; WIND STRESS;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 72049119835     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041371     Document Type: Article

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