The coastal ocean off Oregon and northern California during the 1997-8 El Niño

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 311-341

  Huyer, A ^a   Smith, R L ^a   Fleischbein, J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California current; Coastal oceanography; El Ni o phenomenon; Hydrography; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

POLEWARD FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; EL NINO; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036376803     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00056-3     Document Type: Review

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