Winter oceanographic conditions and water mass balance in the Northern Adriatic (February 1993)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-94

  Bergamasco, A ^a   Gacic M ^a,b   Boscolo, R ^a   Umgiesser, G ^a  

^a Istituto per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse S Polo   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROGRAPHY; WATER MASS BALANCE; WINTER CONDITIONS;

ADRIATIC SEA, (NORTHERN);

EID: 0029751051     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-7963(94)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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