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Satellite and ship studies of phytoplankton along the west coast of India

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Title Satellite and ship studies of phytoplankton along the west coast of India
 
Creator Goes, J.I.
Gomes, H.
Kumar, A.
Gouveia, A.D.
Devassy, V.P.
Parulekar, A.H.
Rao, L.V.G.
 
Description AidEd. by a sequence of chlorophyll images from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner on board the Nimbus-7 satellite and extensive shipboard observations, a descriptive analysis of the factors influencing the distribution and production of phytoplankton along the West Coast of India has been presented. During the northeast monsoon season, the coastal region south of 20 degrees N was characterizEd. by extremely low chlorophyll associated with the warm, low saline, nutrient impoverished, northwardly flowing equatorial surface waters (ESW). North of approximately 20 degrees N off the coast of Saurashtra, the ESW narrowed to a northwestwardly-flowing jet. During the southwest monsoon, wind-driven upwelling led the nutrient enhancement along the entire coast. However, the response of phytoplankton was evident only during the post monsoon season when irradiance levels were adequate
 
Date 2009-05-08T08:46:34Z
2009-05-08T08:46:34Z
1992
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Oceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 67-80p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2923
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1992]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH, New Delhi