Coastal upwelling and seasonal cycles that influence the water column over the continental shelf off central Chile

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-382

  Sobarzo, Marcus ^a   Bravo, Luis ^a   Donoso, David ^a   Garcés Vargas, José ^a   Schneider, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Coastal upwelling; Runoff; Seasonal variations; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CHILE; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COASTAL UPWELLING; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPWELLING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WIND; UPWELLING; WATER BUDGET; WATER COLUMN;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36048968152     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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