Integral measurements of mass transport and heat content in the Strait of Gibraltar from acoustic transmissions

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4069-4095

  Send, Uwe ^a   Worcester, Peter F ^b   Cornuelle, Bruce D ^b   Tiemann, Christopher O ^b   Baschek, Burkard ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ENTHALPY; OPTIMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCINTILLATION; TIDES;

ACOUSTIC PATHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; OUTFLOW; STRAIT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 0036035015     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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