Shutdown of turbulent convection as a new criterion for the onset of spring phytoplankton blooms

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2293-2307

  Taylor, John R ^a   Ferrari, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; COOLING; DATA SET; EUPHOTIC ZONE; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMOTE SENSING; RESIDENCE TIME; SPRING (SEASON); TURBULENT MIXING;

ALGAE;

EID: 82955239534     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2293     Document Type: Article

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