Satellite ocean color observations of stormwater runoff plumes along the San Pedro Shelf (southern California) during 1997-2003

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1692-1711

  Nezlin, Nikolay P ^a   DiGiacomo, Paul M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

118.4 117.7 W; 33.47 33.79 N; Freshwater discharge; Ocean color; Plumes; Precipitation; San pedro shelf

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; OCEAN COLOR; RUNOFF;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24044498299     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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