Color plate 17 Stasis and bloom in Tasman Sea, to show the dominance of the effects of the South
Subtropical Convergence Zone on the regional distribution of chlorophyll biomass derived from MODIS-Aqua
data during the oligotrophic summer period, and the meridional extent of the winter-spring bloom.
Source: NASA.
Color plate 18 During this period of very moderate La Niña conditions, the patterns of TOPEX-Poeidon
sea surface elevation and of MODIS-Aqua surface chlorophyll are congruent along the equatorial ridge. The
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N ridge lies beyond the zonal region of the nitrate-replete superficial water mass (see Fig. 11.13).
Source: NASA.
Subtropical Convergence Zone on the regional distribution of chlorophyll biomass derived from MODIS-Aqua
data during the oligotrophic summer period, and the meridional extent of the winter-spring bloom.
Source: NASA.
Color plate 18 During this period of very moderate La Niña conditions, the patterns of TOPEX-Poeidon
sea surface elevation and of MODIS-Aqua surface chlorophyll are congruent along the equatorial ridge. The
10
N ridge lies beyond the zonal region of the nitrate-replete superficial water mass (see Fig. 11.13).
Source: NASA.