Quantifying connectivity in the coastal ocean with application to the Southern California Bight

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Mitarai, S ^a   Siegel, D A ^a   Watson, J R ^a   Dong, C ^b   McWilliams, J C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL OCEAN; CONNECTIVITY PATTERN; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; FISHERIES MANAGEMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL; LAGRANGIAN; LONG TERM; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NEARSHORES; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OTHER APPLICATIONS; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; SYNOPTIC WINDS; TIME INTERVAL; WATER PARCEL;

MARINE APPLICATIONS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT;

EID: 76449091323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005166     Document Type: Article

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