Seasonal and interannual variability of currents and temperature off central Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 29951-29961

  Shaffer, Gary ^a   Hormazabal, Samuel ^a,b   Pizarro, Oscar ^b,c,d   Salinas, Sergio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; EL NINO; LA NINA; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHILE;

EID: 0011188774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900253     Document Type: Article

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