Surface layer variability in the Ross Sea, Antarctica as assessed by in situ fluorescence measurements

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 88, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 28-45

  Smith, Walker O ^a   Asper, Vernon ^b   Tozzi, Sasha ^a   Liu, Xiao ^a   Stammerjohn, Sharon E ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; DIEL CYCLES; FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; OPTICAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON BIOMASS; ROSS SEA; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SHORT PERIODS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL COUPLINGS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; WIND EVENTS;

ALGAE CONTROL; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

FLUORESCENCE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79551479647     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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