Transport of mass, heat, salt, and nutrients in the southern California Current System: Annual cycle and interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9255-9275

  Bograd, Steven J ^a,b   Chereskin, Teresa K ^a   Roemmich, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MASS TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034939610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000165     Document Type: Article

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