A possible influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the circulation of the Western Mediterranean Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 623-626

  Vignudelli, S ^a   Gasparini, G P ^a   Astraldi, M ^a   Schiano, M E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION PROCESS; BOUNDARY CURRENTS; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN BASINS; SCALE CONTROL; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033104809     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900038     Document Type: Article

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