Annual period temperature and salinity signals of surface waters in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Okkonen, Stephen R ^a   Bélanger, Claude ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; OIL SPILLS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

CIRCULATION MODELS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOL; DISPERSANTS; MEAN TEMPERATURES; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; TEMPERATURE AMPLITUDE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CIRCULATION MODELING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISPERSANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; SALINITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53749096221     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034456     Document Type: Article

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