Low-frequency pycnocline depth variability at Ocean Weather Station P in the northeast Pacific

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3207-3215

  Cummins, Patrick F ^a   Lagerloef, Gary S E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OSCILLATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ENVIRONMETAL PREDICTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DEPTH; EKMAN PUMPING; PYCNOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

(NORTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036880181     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3207:LFPDVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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