Equilibrium structure and dynamics of the California current system

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 753-783

  Marchesiello, Patrick ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a   Shchepetkin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSIENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MOMENTUM;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EASTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141844663     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<753:ESADOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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