Monthly climatology of the continental shelf waters of the South Atlantic Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Blanton, Brian O ^a   Aretxabaleta, Alfredo ^a   Werner, Francisco E ^a   Seim, Harvey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Finite element model; Objective analysis; South Atlantic Bight

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SALINITY; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0344983807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001609     Document Type: Article

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