Seasonal variability of near-surface hydrography and frontal features in the northern Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Okkonen, Stephen R ^a   Cutchin, David L ^b   Royer, Thomas C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

HYDROGRAPHY; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; SHELF WATER; THERMOSALINOGRAPH;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

FRESHWATER INPUT; FRONTAL FEATURE; HYDROGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 23844520290     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023195     Document Type: Article

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