Hydrology and currents observed in the channel of Sardinia during the PRIMO-1 experiment from November 1993 to October 1994

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 333-355

  Bouzinac, Catherine ^a,c   Font, Jordi ^a   Millot, Claude ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Antenne LOB COM CNRS   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel of Sardinia; Current; PRIMO 1

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; WATER FLOW;

CURRENT; HYDROLOGY; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032931577     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00074-8     Document Type: Article

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