Computing optimum estuarine residual fluxes with a multiparameter inverse method (OERFIM): Application to the Ria de Vigo (NW Spain)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C12, 2001, Pages 31303-31318

  Gilcoto, M ^a,b   Alvarez Salgado X A ^a   Perez F F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION;

GALICIA; RIA DE VIGO; SPAIN;

EID: 0035720499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000665     Document Type: Article

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