Characteristics and variability of the inner front of the southeastern Bering Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 5889-5909

  Kachel, N B ^a   Hunt Jr , G L ^b   Salo, S A ^c   Schumacher, J D ^d   Stabeno, P J ^c   Whitledge, T E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Two Crow Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HEAT TRANSFER; STORMS; TIDAL POWER; WIND POWER;

WATER COLUMN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

HEAT FLUX; NUTRIENT; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VERTICAL MIXING;

BERING SEA;

EID: 0036441099     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00324-7     Document Type: Article

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