A comparison between phytoplankton community structures derived from a global 3D ecosystem model and satellite observation

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 109-110, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-137

  Hirata, Takafumi ^a   Saux Picart, Stephane ^b   Hashioka, Taketo ^a   Aita Noguchi, Maki ^a,c   Sumata, Hiroshi ^d   Shigemitsu, Masahito ^a   Allen, J Icarus ^b   Yamanaka, Yasuhiro ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Functional type; Marine ecosystem model; Phytoplankton; Satellite observation; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL FIELDS; COMPARISON ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; FUNCTIONAL TYPES; GLOBAL SCALE; HIGHER LATITUDES; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PCA ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITY; PICOPLANKTON; PIGMENT BIOMASS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONALITY; SKILL SCORE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; STEADY-STATE DISTRIBUTIONS; UNIVARIATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PIGMENT; PLANKTON; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84869872764     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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