Observations of wind influence on exchange flows in a strait of the Chilean Inland Sea

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 721-741

  Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Blanco, José Luis ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; SEA LEVEL; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

AISEN; CHILE; MORALEDA CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11244313922     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240042387565     Document Type: Article

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