The Eastern Mediterranean in the 80s and in the 90s: The big transition in the intermediate and deep circulations

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 29, Issue 2-4, 1999, Pages 365-395

  Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^a   Manca, Beniamino B ^b   D'Alcala, Maurizio Ribera ^c   Theocharis, Alexander ^d   Brenner, Stephen ^e   Budillon, Giorgio ^f   Ozsoy, Emin ^g  

^a Atmosph Planet Sci M ^*  (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f Istituto Universitario Navale   (Italy)

^g MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circulation; Eastern Mediterranean; Transition

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033509899     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(99)00011-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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