California Undercurrent variability and eddy transport estimated from RAFOS float observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Collins, Curtis A ^a   Ivanov, Leonid M ^b   Melnichenko, Oleg V ^b   Garfield, Newell ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current system; Dispersion; RAFOS floats; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 3543038175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002191     Document Type: Article

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