Biological response to coastal upwelling and dust deposition in the area off Northwest Africa

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1108-1119

  Ohde, T ^a   Siegel, H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cape Verde Islands; Remote sensing; Saharan dust; Upwelling area off Northwest Africa

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DUST; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

AFRICA; CAPE VERDE;

EID: 77953156614     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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