The circulation and water masses in the Gulf of the Farallones

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 907-946

  Steger, John M ^a,b   Schwing, Franklin B ^a   Collins, Curtis A ^b   Rosenfeld, Leslie K ^b   Garfield, Newell ^b   Gezgin, Erhan ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033997303     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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