Character and dynamics of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf outflows

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C3, 2000, Pages 6387-6414

  Bower, Amy S ^a   Hunt, Heather D ^a   Price, James F ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTFLOW; PLUME; TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS;

PERSIAN GULF; RED SEA;

EID: 0033675393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc900297     Document Type: Article

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