The heat and freshwater budgets of the Red Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2504-2522

  Tragou, Elina ^a,c   Garrett, Chris ^a   Outerbridge, Richard ^a   Gilman, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Wall College of Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EVAPORATION; FRESHWATER BUDGET; HEAT BUDGET; SURFACE FLUX; WATER EXCHANGE;

RED SEA;

EID: 0033368660     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2504:THAFBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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