A thin layer of phytoplankton observed in the Philippine Sea with a synthetic moored array of autonomous gliders

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Hodges, Benjamin A ^a   Fratantoni, David M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; CHLOROPHYLL; DEPTH PROFILING; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; THIN FILMS; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER GLIDERS; AZIMUTHAL VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DATA SETS; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUMS; FIELD EXERCISE; FINE STRUCTURES; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; KUROSHIO; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; MOORED ARRAYS; OPEN OCEAN; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STATION-KEEPING; STUDY AREAS; SUBTROPICAL FRONT; THIN LAYERS; THINNING PROCESS; VERTICAL PROFILE; VERTICAL SHEAR;

GLIDERS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA SET; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INTERNAL TIDE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 76449088181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005317     Document Type: Article

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