Island wakes in the Southern California Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-20

  Caldeira, Rui M A ^a,b   Marchesiello, P ^c   Nezlin, N P ^d   DiGiacomo, P M ^e   McWilliams, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WAKE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 30344449721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002675     Document Type: Article

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