A sensitivity study of the general circulation of the Western Mediterranean Sea. Part I: The response to density forcing through the straits

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-84

  Herbaut, C ^a   Mortier, L ^b   Crepon M ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CETIIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAITS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WESTERN);

EID: 0029751532     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0065:ASSOTG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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