A model study of the response of hypoxia to upwelling-favorable wind on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 131, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Feng, Yang ^a   Fennel, Katja ^b   Jackson, George A ^a   DiMarco, Steven F ^a   Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled physical biogeochemical modeling; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Louisiana shelf; Mississippi Atchafalaya River; Upwelling favorable wind

Indexed keywords

GULF OF MEXICO; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOXIA; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; STATISTICAL STUDY;

MODELS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

CHLOROPHYLL; HYPOXIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893767072     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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