Seasonal and inter-annual variations in the surface freshwater flux in the Mediterranean Sea from the ECMWF re-analysis project

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 343-354

  Boukthir, Moncef ^a   Barnier, Bernard ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Freshwater budget; Interannual variability; Mediterranean Sea; Precipitation; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVAPORATION; FLOW KINETICS; FRESH WATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034023563     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(99)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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