The 'Mad Sea' phenomenon in the Strait of Sicily

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2210-2231

  Candela, Julio ^a   Mazzola, Salvatore ^b   Sammari, Chérif ^c   Limeburner, Richard ^d   Lozano, Carlos J ^e   Patti, Bernardo ^b   Bonanno, Angelo ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Ist Tecn della Pesca e del Pescato   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; OSCILLATION; SEICHE; STRAIT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF SICILY;

EID: 0033380757     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2210:TMSPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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