Spatiotemporal evolution of upwelling regime along the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Alvarez, Ines ^a,b   Gomez Gesteira, Moncho ^a   deCastro, Maite ^a   Dias, João Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

DATABASE; EKMAN LAYER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

CAPE FINISTERRE; CAPE SAINT VINCENT; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 51749122890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004744     Document Type: Article

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