Wind stress curl forcing of the coastal ocean near Point Conception, California

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1265-1280

  Munchow, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; EKMAN PUMPING; WIND STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033862627     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1265:WSCFOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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