Case studies of tropical cyclones and phytoplankton blooms over Atlantic and pacific regions

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1-19

  Merritt Takeuchi, Ashley M ^a   Chiao, Sen ^b  

^a UK   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phytoplankton; Sea surface temperature; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; HURRICANES; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; INVERSE CORRELATION; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALGAL BLOOM; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHYTOPLANKTON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884574035     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2013EI000517.1     Document Type: Article

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