Residual circulation and tidal stress in the Gulf of California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Salas de León, David Alberto ^a   Carbajal Pérez, Noel ^a   Monreal Gómez, Maria Adela ^a   Barrientos MacGregor, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Gulf of California; Numerical modeling; Residual currents; Tidal stress; Tides

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDUAL FLOW; TIDAL CURRENT;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642562784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001621     Document Type: Article

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