Observations of coastal upwelling off Uruguay downshelf of the Plata estuary, South America

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 835-872

  Pimento, Felipe ^a,b   Garvine, Richard W ^a,b   Miinchow, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Deceased   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD WATER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PLUME; STRATIFICATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; UPWELLING;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 67649516017     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224008788064577     Document Type: Article

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