Malvinas-slope water intrusions on the northern Patagonia continental shelf

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 345-359

  Piola, A R ^a,b   Martinez Avellaneda N ^c   Guerrero, R A ^d   Jardon F P ^e   Palma, E D ^f,g   Romero, S I ^a,b  

^a Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^g Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA SET; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC FRONT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; MALVINAS CURRENT; PATAGONIA;

EID: 77949469824     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-345-2010     Document Type: Article

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