Winter phytoplankton bloom induced by subsurface upwelling and mixed layer entrainment southwest of Luzon Strait

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 141-149

  Wang, JiuJuan ^a,b   Tang, DanLing ^a,b   Sui, Yi ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Entrainment; South China Sea; Subsurface upwelling; Wind; Winter phytoplankton bloom

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DYNAMIC FEATURES; EKMAN PUMPING; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ENTRAINMENT; ENTRAINMENT VELOCITIES; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; OLIGOTROPHIC REGIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUBSURFACE UPWELLING; VECTOR WIND; WIND FORCING; WINTER PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM;

ALGAE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; PUMPS; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATES;

BLOOMS (METAL);

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EKMAN PUMPING; ENTRAINMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MIXED LAYER; MONSOON; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICATE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 77958152040     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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