The California Current system in the Southern California Bight and the Santa Barbara Channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C4, 1999, Pages 7695-7714

  Bray, N A ^a,b   Keyes, A ^a   Morawitz, W M L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 0033560603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900038     Document Type: Article

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