Observations of seasonal variation in the Ekman layer

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1187-1204

  Schudlich, Rebecca R ^a   Price, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEASONALITY; SURFACE LAYER; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 0032443483     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1187:OOSVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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