Surface heat flux variability over the northern California shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C10, 1998, Pages 21553-21586

  Beardsley, Robert C ^a   Dever, Edward P ^b   Lentz, Steven J ^a   Dean, Jerome P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032531416     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC01458     Document Type: Article

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