Seasonal salinity balance in the Gulf of California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Beron Vera, F J ^a   Ripa, P ^a  

^a Departamento de Oceanografia Fisica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baroclinic motion; Gulf of California; Salinity balance; Seasonal scale; Surface fluxes; Two layer model

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037104890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000769     Document Type: Article

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