Upwelling response to coastal wind profiles

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Capet, X J ^a   Marchesiello, P ^a   McWilliams, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL ZONE; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WIND;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL WINDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WIND PROPERTIES;

EID: 4544273209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020123     Document Type: Article

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