Effects of mesoscale eddies on the flow of the Alaskan Stream

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Maslowski, Wieslaw ^a   Roman, Ricardo ^a   Kinney, Jaclyn Clement ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STREAM FLOW;

ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODELING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALASKA; ALASKAN STREAM; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749100054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004341     Document Type: Article

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