Chlorophyll anomalies along the critical latitude at 30N in the NE Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Cara ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); TIDAL POWER; TIDES;

CLIMATE MODELING; CRITICAL LATITUDE; ENERGY FLUXES; INTERNAL TIDES; INTERNAL WAVES; OCEAN MIXING; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; TIDAL ENERGY; TIDAL MIXING;

CHLOROPHYLL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE MODELING; DISSIPATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY FLUX; INTERNAL TIDE; INTERNAL WAVE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL POWER;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051538650     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048210     Document Type: Article

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