Unusual subpolar North Atlantic phytoplankton bloom in 2010: Volcanic fertilization or North Atlantic oscillation?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4771-4780

  Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Painter, Stuart C ^a   Penny Holliday, N ^a   Stinchcombe, Mark C ^a   Giering, Sarah L C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

freshwater anomaly; interannual variability; satellite ocean color; spring bloom

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE LINKS; SATELLITES; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; FRESHWATER ANOMALY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR; SITU AND SATELLITE DATUM; SPRING BLOOMS; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC;

VOLCANOES;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEAN COLOR; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EYJAFJALLAJOKULL; ICELAND; IRMINGER SEA;

EID: 84890288589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20363     Document Type: Article

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