Wind-forced cross-shelf circulation on the Northern California shelf

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1566-1580

  Dever, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; CROSS-SHELF CIRCULATION; SHELF DYNAMICS; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC, CALIFORNIA SHELF;

EID: 0031423925     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1566:WFCSCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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