Direct observations of seasonal exchange through the Bab el Mandab Strait

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2557-2560

  Murray, Stephen P ^a   Johns, William ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; HIGH SALINITY; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; INTRA-SEASONAL; LOW-SALINITY WATER; NUTRIENT-RICH WATER; OBSERVATION INTERVAL;

MERCURY (METAL); OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTALLY TRAPPED WAVES; SEASONAL EXCHANGE FLOW;

CURRENT OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL FLOW; STRAITS; WATER EXCHANGE;

ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF ADEN; BAB EL MANDAB STRAIT; RED SEA;

EID: 0031277771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02741     Document Type: Article

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