Wind and eddy-related shelf/slope circulation processes and coastal upwelling in the northwestern gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 2005, Pages 295-313

  Walker, Nan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745443751     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM21     Document Type: Chapter

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