Large-scale preconditioning of deep-water formation in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1393-1408

  Madec, Gurvan ^a   Lott, François ^b   Delecluse, Pascale ^a   Crépon, Michel ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC CIRCULATION; DEEP WATER FORMATION; LARGE-SCALE PRECONDITIONING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0030431138     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1393:LSPODW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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