Ekman transport along the Galician coast (northwest Spain) calculated from forecasted winds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Gomez Gesteira, Moncho ^a   Moreira, Camilo ^a   Alvarez, Ines ^a   de Castro, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; PERIODICITY; SHORELINE; WIND FORCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845619070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003331     Document Type: Article

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