Transient upwelling hot spots in the oligotrophic North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Calil, P H R ^a   Richards, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; NUTRIENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; VELOCITY;

EKMAN PUMPING; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOT SPOT; IN-PHASE; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; OCEAN-COLOR SATELLITES; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; Q-VECTOR; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; UNSTABLE MANIFOLD; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CHLOROPHYLL; EUPHOTIC ZONE; FRONTOGENESIS; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PYCNOCLINE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; UPWELLING; WATER EXCHANGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77249127964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005360     Document Type: Article

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