Numerical simulation of the interannual variability of the Mediterranean Sea upper ocean circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-428

  Pinardi, N ^a   Korres, G ^b   Lascaratos, A ^b   Roussenov, V ^c   Stanev, E ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT FLUX; WIND STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODELS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODEL PREDICTION; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031074789     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03952     Document Type: Article

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