Recent advances in observing the physical oceanography of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 37-64

  Send, Uwe ^a   Font, Jordi ^b   Krahmann, Gerd ^c   Millot, Claude ^d   Rhein, Monika ^e   Tintoré, Joaquin ^f  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

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

^d Ctr Toulon Seyne BP 330 83507 S   (France)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032711296     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6611(99)00020-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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