A subtropical water intrusion spring-event in the shelf-slope of the south-western Bay of Biscay after strong wind-forcing pulses

Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-359

  Gonzalez Pola C ^a   Ruiz Villarreal, M ^a   Lavin A ^a   Cabanas, J M ^a   Alvarez Fanjul E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b Puertos del Estado   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bay of Biscay; Iberian Poleward Current; Intrusion; Slope current; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CURRENT; SHELF DYNAMICS; SPRING (SEASON); SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; CAPE FINISTERRE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548559342     PISSN: 17417538     EISSN: 17417546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17417530601129148     Document Type: Article

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