Satellite observations of small coastal ocean eddies in the Southern California Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C10, 2001, Pages 22521-22543

  DiGiacomo, Paul M ^a   Holt, Benjamin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; EDDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035161435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000728     Document Type: Article

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