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    • Variability of photosynthetic pigments in the Colombian Pacific Ocean and its relationship with the wind field using ADEOS-I data

      Efrain Rodriguez-Rubio Jose Stuardo

      Volume 111 Issue 3 September 2002 pp 227-236

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    • Keywords

       

      Colombia; Pacific; chlorophyll; wind jet; ADEOS-I

    • Abstract

       

      Variability of the oceanographic conditions in the Colombian Pacific Ocean, a part of the Panama Basin, is subjected to the variability of wind conditions in the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean. Data of OCTS and NSCAT of ADEOS-I satellite provided as monthly averages for the period November 1996-June 1997 by NASDA, were processed and manipulated. A meridional (N-S) component and a zonal (E-W) component were run in order to analyse the data variability and correlation. It is concluded that the variability of the oceanic surface chlorophyll and SST in the Colombian Pacific is a seasonal event related to the migration of the ITCZ and the generation of a wind jet at the Isthmus of Panama. Upwelling due to the wind rotor is present throughout the whole period, with variable spatial distribution and a tendency to be located towards the eastern part of the basin. In a similar way, high chlorophyll concentrations observed in March coincide with both the intensification of the vertical velocities during that month, and the maximal rise of the thermocline in the northern part of the Panama Basin. Picture series of surface chlorophyll, SST, wind stress and Ekman pumping are provided for the studied area.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Efrain Rodriguez-Rubio1 Jose Stuardo1

      1. Oceanography Department, University of Concepcion, Cabina 5, Concepción, Casilla - 160-C, Chile

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      Published
      September 2002

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