West Florida Shelf mean circulation observed with long-term moorings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Liu, Yonggang ^a   Mayer, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; DENSITY FIELDS; DOWN-WELLING; FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; LONG-TERM MOORINGS; MEAN FLOW; MEAN VELOCITIES; RED TIDE; SHALLOW WATERS; WIND FORCING;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLARIZATION; RED TIDE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

EID: 72049106105     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040028     Document Type: Article

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