Climatology of surface chlorophyll a, autumn-winter and spring blooms in the southwest Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1003-1018

  Chiswell, Stephen M ^a   Bradford Grieve, Janet ^a   Hadfield, Mark G ^a   Kennan, Sean C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

CARBON-TO-CHLOROPHYLL RATIOS; DEEP CHLOROPHYLL MAXIMUMS; MEAN SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; SEA-VIEWING WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW SENSORS; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; SUBANTARCTIC WATERS; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MIXING; OCEAN COLOR; SEA SURFACE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84878897060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20088     Document Type: Article

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