Mean temperature and salinity along an isopycnal surface in the upper ocean off Baja California;Promedios de temperatura y salinidad sobre una superficie isopícnica en la capa superior del océano frente e Baja California

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 663-671

  Jeronimo G ^a   Gomez Valdes J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

25 surface; IMECOCAL; Objective analysis; Potential temperature; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPPER OCEAN;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EUGENIA;

EID: 33845380374     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v32i4.1164     Document Type: Article

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