A mechanism for enhanced upwelling off central Chile: Eddy advection

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Leth, Ole ^a   Middleton, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chile; Eddies; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

UPWELLING;

CHILEAN MARGIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 14744292300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002129     Document Type: Article

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