Evolution of oceanographic conditions off Baja California: 1997-1999

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 7-31

  Durazo, R ^a,d   Baumgartner, T R ^b,c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTICYCLONIC FLOW;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO; LA NINA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUGENIA;

EID: 0036377977     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00041-1     Document Type: Review

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