Oceanic thermal and biological responses to Santa Ana winds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hu, Hua ^a   Liu, Timothy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; SATELLITES; VECTORS; WIND EFFECTS;

SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COASTAL ZONE; JET FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC COAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041409730     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017208     Document Type: Article

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