Forcing mechanisms controlling surface and subsurface temperature anomalies along Line-P, North-east Pacific Ocean

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-176

  Laîné, Alexandre ^a   Hsieh, William W ^a   Freeland, Howard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COASTAL CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 33745632622     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440204     Document Type: Article

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