Offshore propagation of eddy kinetic energy in the California Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C6, 2001, Pages 11709-11717

  Haney, Robert L ^a   Hale, Robert A ^a   Dietrich, David E ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AcuSea Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; SEASONALITY; SHEAR FLOW; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034905531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000433     Document Type: Article

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