Seasonal and interannual variability in a model of the Mediterranean under derived flux forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1069-1082

  Myers, Paul G ^a,b   Haines, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033942722     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1069:SAIVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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