On the importance of the choice of wind stress forcing to the modeling of the Mediterranean Sea circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue C8, 1998, Pages 15729-15749

  Myers, Paul G ^a   Haines, Keith ^a   Josey, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0006452496     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jc00784     Document Type: Article

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