Sea surface chlorophyll signature in the tropical Pacific during eastern and central Pacific ENSO events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Radenac, Marie Hélène ^a   Léger, Fabien ^a   Singh, Awnesh ^a   Delcroix, Thierry ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LAKES; LANTHANUM; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CENTRAL BASIN; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENSO EVENTS; EQUATORIAL ANOMALY; EQUATORIAL BANDS; EQUATORIAL UNDERCURRENTS; EQUATORIAL UPWELLING; INTERMEDIATE CONDITIONS; IRON FLUXES; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACES; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; SURFACE CURRENT; WARM POOLS; WARMING PATTERNS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

CHLOROPHYLL; COUNTERCURRENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; IRON; LA NINA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNDERCURRENT; WARM POOL;

MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84859713740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007841     Document Type: Article

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