Planetary wave propagation off California and its effect on zooplankton

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 702-714

  Clarke, Allan J ^a   Dottori, Marcelo ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; MARINE BIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

PLANETARY WAVE PROPAGATION; ROSSBY WAVE; ZOOPLANKTON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; NUTRIENT; PLANETARY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA CURRENT; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149086171     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3691.1     Document Type: Article

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