Interannual variability in the magnitude and timing of the spring bloom in the Oyashio region

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 1608-1617

  Okamoto, Suguru ^a   Hirawake, Toru ^a   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chl a concentration; Geostrophic current; Satellite data; Spatio temporal variability; Spring bloom

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; HIGH VELOCITY; HOKKAIDO; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOW DENSITY; LOW SALINITY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DISTRIBUTIONS; REGION-BASED; SATELLITE ALTIMETER DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPRING BLOOMS; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BLOOMS (METAL); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SATELLITES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954622081     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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