Monitoring the greater San Pedro Bay region using autonomous underwater gliders during fall of 2006

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Todd, Robert E ^a   Rudnick, Daniel L ^a   Davis, Russ E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; BEACHES; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PORPHYRINS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER GLIDERS; CALIFORNIA; CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COASTAL REGIONS; COMPLEX FLOW; CYCLONIC EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OCEAN OUTFALLS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; WINTER CONDITIONS;

GLIDERS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT DIRECTION; EDDY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLUME; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549083230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005086     Document Type: Article

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