Climatological coastal jet collision, intermediate water formation, and the general circulation of the Red Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1233-1257

  Eshel, Gidon ^a,b   Naik, Naomi H ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELLING; COASTAL JETS; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; SEMI-ENCLOSED SEAS;

RED SEA;

EID: 0031465038     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1233:CCJCIW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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