HR: 1400h
AN: OS53A-10    [Abstracts]
TI: Regionalization of the Gulf of Mexico Based on the Annual Cycle of Chlorophyll-a Concentration
AU: * Mateos-Jasso, A
EM: adriana_0423@yahoo.com.mx
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM, Circuito Exterior s/n, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacan, MEXICO CITY, DF 04510, Mexico
AU: ZAVALA-HIDALGO, J
EM: jzavala@atmosfera.unam.mx
AF: Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM, Circuito Exterior s/n, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacan, MEXICO CITY, DF 04510, Mexico
AU: Salmeron, O
EM: osg@igg.unam.mx
AF: Instituto de Geografia, UNAM, Circuito Exterior s/n, Cd. Universitaria, Coyoacan, Mexico City, DF 04510, Mexico
AB: Monthly mean SeaWiFS chlorophyll-a concentration data for the period 1997-2005 are analyzed in order to identify regions with similar behavior in the Gulf of Mexico basin. Based on Principal Component, EOFs, and scatterplot analyses, 12 regions are identified with different chlorophyll-a concentration variability on the annual scale. The physical processes that may be associated in each region are discussed.
DE: 4220 Coral reef systems (4916)
DE: 4916 Corals (4220)
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly