Inter- and intra-annual analysis of the salinity and temperature evolution in the Galician Rías Baixas-ocean boundary (northwest Spain)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Alvarez, Ines ^a   deCastro, Maite ^a   Gomez Gesteira, Moncho ^a   Prego, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY; RIA; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; UPWELLING; WARM WATER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 21244506122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002504     Document Type: Article

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