Integrated use of altimeter and in situ data for understanding the water exchanges between the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C8, 2000, Pages 19649-19663

  Vignudelli, Stefano ^a,b   Cipollini, Paolo ^c   Astraldi, Mario ^a   Gasparini, Gian Pietro ^a   Manzella, Giuseppe ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY; WATER EXCHANGE;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 0033664622     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900083     Document Type: Article

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