Diurnal-period, wind-forced ocean variability on the inner shelf off Concepción, Chile

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2043-2056

  Sobarzo, Marcus ^a   Bravo, Luis ^a   Moffat, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diurnal currents; Inner shelf; Itata River; Sea breeze; Surface enhanced currents

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CURRENT VELOCITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; SEA BREEZE; SURFACE LAYER; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

BIO BIO; CHILE; CONCEPCION [BIO BIO]; HUALPEN PENINSULA; ITATA RIVER;

ITATA;

EID: 78649668033     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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