Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography (1990)

Chapter: 2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP

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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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Suggested Citation: "2 State-of-the-Art Overview: Physical Oceanographic Processes, Features, and Methods of Potential Importance to the ESP." National Research Council. 1990. Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program: I. Physical Oceanography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1609.
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