Seasonal modulation of the west Florida continental shelf circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2247-2250

  Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Black, Bryan D ^a   Yang, Huijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONTINENTAL SHELF CIRCULATION; PROGRESSIVE VECTOR ANALYSIS; SEASONAL MODULATION; SYNOPTIC TIME SCALES; VELOCITY DATA; WEST FLORIDA CONTINENTAL SHELF;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CIRCULATION MODELLING; SEASONAL MODULATION; SHELF DYNAMICS;

GULF OF MEXICO, FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 0030209404     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02184     Document Type: Article

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