"Upwelling" and "cyclonic" regimes of the near-surface circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C5, 2001, Pages 9213-9222

  Oey, Lie Yauw ^a   Wang, Dong Ping ^b   Hayward, Thomas ^c   Winant, Clinton ^c   Hendershott, Myrl ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034940615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000129     Document Type: Article

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