What proportion of the North Pacific Current finds its way into the Gulf of Alaska?

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-330

  Freeland, Howard J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH PACIFIC CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33846679058     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/ao.440401     Document Type: Article

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