Effects of mesoscale processes on phytoplankton chlorophyll off Baja California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Espinosa Carreón, T Leticia ^a   Gaxiola Castro, Gilberto ^b   Beier, Emilio ^b   Strub, P Ted ^c   Kurczyn, J A ^b  

^a Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigacion Para El Desarrollo Integral Regional Unidad Sinaloa   (Mexico)

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

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITES; VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; COASTAL UPWELLING; DISCRETE MAXIMA; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE PROCESS; PEAK VALUES; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; PHYTOPLANKTON CHLOROPHYLL; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VELOCITY FIELD;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOTHERM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSCALE MOTION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84859448294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007604     Document Type: Article

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