Trends in upwelling and downwelling winds along the British Columbia shelf

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Foreman, M G G ^a   Pal, B ^b   Merryfield, W J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOWN-WELLING; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SIMILAR ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BUOY SYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 80055019675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC006995     Document Type: Article

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