Salinity variations in the Southern California current

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1421-1436

  Schneider, Niklas ^a   Di Lorenzo, Emanuele ^b   Niiler, Pearn P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SALINITY VARIATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SALINITY; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; WORLD;

EID: 17744370658     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2759.1     Document Type: Article

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