Features of dominant mesoscale variability, circulation patterns and dynamics in the strait of sicily

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1953-1997

  Lermusiaux, P F J ^a   Robinson, A R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

MESOSCALE VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034957569     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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