The southern Caribbean upwelling system: Sea surface temperature, wind forcing and chlorophyll concentration patterns

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-114

  Rueda Roa, Digna T ^a   Muller Karger, Frank E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Coastal upwelling; Ekman pumping; Ekman transport; Satellite imagery; SST

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN SEA; COASTAL UPWELLING; EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SST;

CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ISOTHERMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLUPEOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EKMAN PUMPING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ISOTHERM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

CLUPEIFORMES;

EID: 84879606922     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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