The spatial and temporal distribution of the Maine Coastal Current during 1982

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Bisagni, J J ^a   Gifford, D J ^b   Ruhsam, C M ^a,c  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; SHIP OF OPPORTUNITY DATA; SPATIAL/TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SST MAPS;

GULF OF MAINE, MAINE COASTAL CURRENT;

EID: 0029768407     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-4343(95)00002-I     Document Type: Article

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