Observations of the Eastern Maine Coastal Current and its offshore extensions in 1994

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C13, 1998, Pages 30623-30639

  Pettigrew, Neal R ^a   Townsend, David W ^a   Xue, Huijie ^a   Wallinga, John P ^a   Brickley, Peter J ^a   Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; PLUME; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 0032534944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc01625     Document Type: Article

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