Mixing in the Bosphorus Strait and the Black Sea continental shelf: Observations and a model of the dense water outflow

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 99-135

  Özsoy, Emin ^a   Di Iorio, Daniela ^b   Gregg, Michael C ^c   Backhaus, Jan O ^d  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Bosphorus; Continental shelf; Entrainment; Friction; Mediterranean; Outflow; Straits

Indexed keywords

DENSE WATER OUTFLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SALINE WATER; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSITY CURRENT; ENTRAINMENT; OUTFLOW; TURBULENT MIXING;

BLACK SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0035658428     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(01)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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