Impact of Alaskan Stream eddies on chlorophyll distribution in the North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Ueno, Hiromichi ^a   Crawford, William R ^b   Onishi, Hiroji ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaskan Stream; Chlorophyll a; Mesoscale eddies; North Pacific; Sea level anomaly

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DEEP SEA; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKAN STREAM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77951710076     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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