A recent full-depth survey of the Alaskan Stream

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-85

  Reed, R K ^a   Stabeno, P J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan Stream; Deep waterp roperties; Defant's method; Geostrophic flow; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

BERING SEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032776426     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007813206897     Document Type: Article

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