Satellite-observed biological variability in the equatorial Pacific during the 2009-2011 ENSO cycle

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1913-1923

  Shi, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Menghua ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological variability; ENSO; Equatorial Pacific; MODIS; Ocean color

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOACTIVITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; LANTHANUM; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; ENSO; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84922417176     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: 18791948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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