Seasonal transport variations in the straits connecting Prince William Sound to the Gulf of Alaska

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Halverson, Mark J ^a   Bélanger, Claude ^a,b   Gay, Shelton M ^a,c  

^a PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water renewal; Downwelling; Fjord; Gulf of Alaska; Prince William Sound; Shelf basin exchange

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DOWNWELLING; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880750189     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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