Anticyclonic eddies in the Norwegian Sea; their generation, evolution and impact on primary production

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1079-1091

  Hansen, C ^a   Kvaleberg, E ^b   Samuelsen, A ^a  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Naval Training Establishment   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Ecological model; HYCOM; Mesoscale eddies; Norwegian Sea; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; HYCOM; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORWEGIAN SEA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOMS (METAL); OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; STREAM FLOW;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLOUD COVER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; WATER COLUMN; WIND DIRECTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77955662122     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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