Near-surface trajectories off central and southern California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C7, 1999, Pages 15713-15726

  Winant, C D ^a   Alden, D J ^a   Dever, E P ^a   Edwards, K A ^a   Hendershott, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; SURFACE LAYER; TRAJECTORY;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033431842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900083     Document Type: Article

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