Observing mixed layer depth, nitrate and chlorophyll concentrations in the northwestern Mediterranean: A combined satellite and NO3 profiling floats experiment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6443-6451

  D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Lavigne, Hélöise ^a,b   Besson, Florent ^a,b   Claustre, Hervé ^a,b   Coppola, Laurent ^a,b   Garcia, Nicole ^c   Laës Huon, Agathe ^d   Le Reste, Serge ^d   Malardé, Damien ^e   Migon, Christophe ^a,b   Morin, Pascal ^f   Mortier, Laurent ^a   Poteau, Antoine ^a,b   Prieur, Louis ^a,b   Raimbault, Patrick ^c   Testor, Pierre ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e Nke Instrumentation   (France)

^f IPEV   (France)

Author keywords

Bio Argo; bloom onset; Mediterranean; mixed layer; nitrate concentration; ocean color satellite

Indexed keywords

BLOOMS (METAL); CHLOROPHYLL; DEPTH PROFILING; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SATELLITES;

BIO-ARGO; BLOOM ONSET; MEDITERRANEAN; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OCEAN-COLOR SATELLITES;

NITRATES;

CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIXED LAYER; NITRATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84911163908     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061020     Document Type: Article

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