Evidence of episodic on-shelf flow in the southeastern Bering Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C12, 1999, Pages 29715-29720

  Stabeno, P J ^a   Van Meurs, P ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; EPISODIC EVENT; SHELF DYNAMICS;

BERING SEA;

EID: 0033573425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900242     Document Type: Article

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