Seasonal modes of surface cooling in the Gulf of Guinea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1408-1416

  Jouanno, Julien ^a,b   Marin, Frédéric ^a   Penhoat, Yves Du ^a   Molines, Jean Marc ^c   Sheinbaum, Julio ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Currents; Ocean circulation; Oceanic mixed layer; Upwelling downwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; GULF OF GUINEA; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; SEASONAL SCALE; SEASONALITY; SOUTH EQUATORIAL CURRENTS; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE CURRENT; TIME VARIABILITY; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; UPWELLING/DOWNWELLING; VELOCITY SHEAR; VERTICAL MIXING;

CHLOROPHYLL; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CHLOROPHYLL; COOLING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TURBULENT MIXING; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 80051816193     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-031.1     Document Type: Article

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