Quantifying eddy-chlorophyll covariability in the Coastal Gulf of Alaska

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 55-56, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-21

  Brown, Jeremiah ^a   Fiechter, Jerome ^b  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biological production; Eddy kinetic energy; Marine ecology; Modeling; Physical oceanography; Satellite altimetry; USA; Western Gulf of Alaska (50 N 62 N, 140 W 164 W)

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; GULF OF ALASKA; MARINE ECOLOGY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; USA;

BIOLOGY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; KINETIC ENERGY; MODELS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; EDDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIMESCALE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862014908     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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