Flow-topography interactions in the northern California Current System observed from geostationary satellite data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Castelao, Renato M ^a   Barth, John A ^a   Mavor, Timothy P ^b,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STG Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

FLOW-TOPOGRAPHY INTERACTIONS; SEASONAL EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE FRONTS; UPWELLING SEASON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 32644440950     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024401     Document Type: Article

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