Summer upwelling frequency along the western Cantabrian coast from 1967 to 2007

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 218-226

  Alvarez, I ^a,b   Gomez Gesteira, M ^a   deCastro, M ^a   Gomez Gesteira, J L ^c   Dias, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Centro Tecnologico del Mar Fundacion CETMAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian coast; Ekman transport; SST; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CANTABRIAN COAST; COLD WATERS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MAXIMUM VALUES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SST; SUMMER UPWELLING; UPWELLING; UPWELLING INDICES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

LANDFORMS;

COASTAL ZONE; COLD WATER; CORRELATION; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449529757     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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