Hydrography of the Pontevedra Ria: Intra-annual spatial and temporal variability in a Galician coastal system (NW Spain)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C9, 2001, Pages 19845-19857

  Prego, Ricardo ^a   Dale, Andrew W ^a   DeCastro, Maite ^b   Gómez Gesteira, Moncho ^b   Taboada, Juan J ^c   Montero, Pedro ^c   Villareal, Manuel R ^c   Pérez Villar, Vicente ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CURRENT; HYDROGRAPHY; RIA; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

GALICIA; PONTEVEDRA RIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0034779912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000775     Document Type: Article

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