Thermocline Regulated Seasonal Evolution of Surface Chlorophyll in the Gulf of Aden

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0119951
• Main Authors: Yao, Fengchao, Hoteit, Ibrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.03.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Atmospheric aerosols; Chlorophyll; Chlorophyll - isolation & purification; Chlorophyll - metabolism; Climate; Climatology; Coastal environments; Coastal upwelling; Convective mixing; Ecosystems; Eddies; Hydrographic data; Monsoons; Nutrients; Ocean circulation; Ocean color; Oceanography; Oceans; Oceans and Seas; Phytoplankton - growth & development; Phytoplankton - metabolism; Reversing; Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor; Seasons; Southwest monsoon; Studies; Summer; Surface boundary layer; Thermocline; Upwelling; Vortices; Wind; Yemen; Yemen; Saudi Arabia; Washington DC; Gulf of Aden; Red Sea; Arabian Sea; United States > US

The Gulf of Aden, although subject to seasonally reversing monsoonal winds, has been previously reported as an oligotrophic basin during summer, with elevated chlorophyll concentrations only occurring during winter due to convective mixing. However, the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS...