Response of sea surface temperature to chlorophyll-a concentration in the tropical Pacific: Annual mean, seasonal cycle, and interannual variability

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 492-510

  Lin, Pengfei ^a   Liu, Hailong ^a   Yu, Yongqiang ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a concentration; eastern equatorial Pacific; ENSO; SST

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955755085     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0015-2     Document Type: Article

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