Springtime hydrography of the southern Middle Atlantic Bight and the onset of seasonal stratification

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4297-4329

  Flagg, Charles N ^a   Pietrafesa, Leonard J ^b   Weatherly, Georges L ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; SALINE WATER; WIND STRESS;

BIOGENIC MATERIALS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; SPRING (SEASON); STRATIFICATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036395097     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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