The formation of a subsurface anticyclonic eddy in the Peru-Chile Undercurrent and its impact on the near-coastal salinity, oxygen, and nutrient distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 476-501

  Thomsen, Soeren ^a   Kanzow, Torsten ^a,b   Krahmann, Gerd ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^a,c   Dengler, Marcus ^a   Lavik, Gaute ^d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; mesoscale eddies; oxygen minimum zones; Peru Chile Undercurrent; Peruvian upwelling regime; subsurface anticyclonic eddy formation

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; OPEN OCEAN; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; UNDERCURRENT; UPWELLING;

CHILE; PERU;

EID: 84959531212     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010878     Document Type: Article

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