Seasonal variability of the oceanic upper layer and its modulation of biological cycles in the Canary Island region

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 80, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 172-183

  Troupin, C ^a   Sangra P ^b   Aristegui J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological cycles; Canary Islands; KPP model; Latitude 27.5 N; Longitude 15.5 W; Mixed layer depth; NPZD model; ROMS 1D bio physical model

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL CYCLES; CANARY ISLANDS; CLIMATOLOGICAL FIELDS; K-PROFILE PARAMETERIZATION; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHYSICAL MODEL; REGIONAL OCEANIC MODELING SYSTEMS;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; HEAT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPPER OCEAN;

CANARY ISLANDS; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 75849126021     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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