A comparative study of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems using an artificial neural network

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 293-308

  Lachkar, Z ^a   Gruber, N ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIXED LAYER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863648767     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-293-2012     Document Type: Article

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