Oceanographic observations in Chilean coastal waters between Valdivia and Concepción

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Atkinson, Larry P ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Figueroa, Dante ^b   De Pol Holz, Ricardo ^b   Gallardo, Victor A ^b   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Blanco, Jose L ^a   Schmidt, Mike ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Chile coast; Eddies; Upwelling; Water circulation; Wind

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

(SOUTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037101749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000991     Document Type: Article

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