Comparative analysis of upwelling influence between the western and northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 388-399

  Alvarez, I ^a,b   Gomez Gesteira, M ^a   deCastro, M ^a   Lorenzo, M N ^a   Crespo, A J C ^a   Dias, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Ekman transport; Iberian Peninsula; SST; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79951853216     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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