Glider surveillance of physics and biology in the southern California Current System

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 2151-2168

  Davis, Russ E ^a   Ohman, Mark D ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^a   Sherman, Jeff T ^a   Hodges, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BACKSCATTER; OCEANIC CURRENT; PYCNOCLINE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 55949131808     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5_part_2.2151     Document Type: Article

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