A regional comparison of particle size distributions and the power law approximation in oceanic and estuarine surface waters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Buonassissi, C J ^a,b   Dierssen, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE CONTROL; BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTUARIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORPHYRINS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COASTAL REGIONS; COMMONLY USED; CURRENT FLOWS; ESTUARINE WATERS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; OPEN OCEAN; OPTICAL SCATTERING; PARTICLE AGGREGATES; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON DYNAMICS; POWER LAW; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT FLUX; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE OCEAN; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIDAL FLOW;

AGGLOMERATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POWER LAW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77958535156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006256     Document Type: Article

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