A separating coastal upwelling jet at Cape Blanco, Oregon and its connection to the California Current System

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 783-810

  Barth, John A ^a   Pierce, Stephen D ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; JET; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033996561     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00127-7     Document Type: Article

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