Chlorophyll patches observed during summer in the main stream of the Kuroshio

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-307

  Yamazaki, H ^a   Iwamatsu, I ^b   Hasegawa, D ^c   Nagai, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Environmental Conservation Department   (Japan)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL WATER; MIXING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATCHINESS; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

IZU RIDGE; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; KUROSHIO REGION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 73549100004     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/OC306.2009     Document Type: Article

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