Short-timescale thermohaline variability and residual circulation in the central segment of the coastal upwelling system of the Ría de Vigo (northwest Spain) during four contrasting periods

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Piedracoba, S ^a   Alvarez Salgado X A ^b   Roson G ^a   Herrera, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 19944399811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002556     Document Type: Article

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