Biophysical coupling in remotely-sensed wind stress, sea surface temperature, sea ice and chlorophyll concentrations in the South Indian Ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 701-722

  Schwarz, Jill N ^a   Raymond, Ben ^b   Williams, Guy D ^c   Pasquer, Bénédicte ^c   Marsland, Simon J ^c   Gorton, Rebecca J ^d  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

30 80 E; 50 70 S; Climatology; Polar waters; Primary production; Sea ice; Surface temperature; Wind fields

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC DIVERGENCES; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BIOPHYSICAL COUPLINGS; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH SEASON; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ICE ZONES; INDIAN OCEAN; OFF-SHORE; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON GROWTH; POLAR WATERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVEY AREA; WIND FIELD;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEAN CURRENTS; PORPHYRINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; SURVEYS; WIND STRESS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FIELD; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 77951256370     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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