Observations of deep convection in the Gulf of Lions, northern Mediterranean, during the winter of 1991/92

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 505-524

  Schott, Friedrich ^a   Visbeck, Martin ^b   Send, Uwe ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Stramma, Lothar ^a   Desaubies, Yves ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; INTERNAL WAVE GENERATION; MIXED LAYER; WINTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, GULF OF LIONS;

EID: 0029954615     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0505:OODCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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