Interannual variability of upper ocean vorticity balances in the Gulf of Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C3, 2001, Pages 4479-4491

  Murray, Colin P ^a   Morey, Steven L ^b   O'Brien, James J ^b  

^a NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; GYRE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN; VORTICITY;

GULF OF ALASKA;

EID: 0034932915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000071     Document Type: Article

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