Altimeter estimates of anomalous transports into the northern California Current during 2000-2002

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Strub, P Ted ^a   James, Corinne ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; SLOPE PROTECTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

WATER COLUMNS; ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SURFACE HEIGHT; SURFACE TRANSPORT; TOPEX/POSEIDON; WATER PROPERTIES;

GEOPHYSICS; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALTIMETER; ANOMALY; OCEANIC CURRENT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER MASS;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0242368923     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017513     Document Type: Article

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