Upwelling-enhanced seasonal stratification in a semiarid bay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1241-1249

  Cheng, Peng ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^a   Winant, Clinton D ^b   Ponte, Aurelien L S ^b   de Velasco, Guillermo Gutierrez ^c   Winters, Kraig B ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Stratification; Wind straining; Wind driven upwelling

Indexed keywords

BAY; COLD WATER; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; SEASONALITY; SEMIARID REGION; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMN; WIND FIELD; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953127135     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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