Satellite chlorophyll off the British Columbia Coast, 1997-2010

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4709-4728

  Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^b   Brown, Leslie N ^a   Willis, Peter G ^a   Borstad, Gary A ^a  

^a ASL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INC   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; coastal oceanography; Northeast Pacific; satellite oceanography; Strait of Georgia; surface chlorophyll

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

EID: 84939221124     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010496     Document Type: Article

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