Seasonal variation of geostrophic velocity and heat flux at the entrance to the Gulf of California, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Mascarenhas, A S ^a   Castro, Ruben ^a   Collins, Curtis A ^b   Durazo, Reginaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostrophic current; Geostrophic heat flux; Gulf of California

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4744347047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002124     Document Type: Article

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