West Florida Shelf Circulation on Synoptic, Seasonal, and Interannual Time Scales

Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models

Volumn 161, Issue , 2013, Pages 325-347

  Weisberg, Robert H ^a   He, Ruoying ^b   Liu, Yonggang ^a   Virmani, Jyotika I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Mathematical models; Ocean circulation Mexico, Gulf of Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; ME-XICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SHELF CIRCULATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 84954245121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/161GM23     Document Type: Chapter

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