Wind driven general circulation of the Mediterranean Sea simulated with a spectral element ocean model

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-130

  Molcard, A ^a,c   Pinardi, N ^b,e   Iskandarani, M ^c   Haidvogel, D B ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Department of Physics ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Empirical orthogonal functions; Interannual and seasonal variability; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036558652     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0265(01)00080-X     Document Type: Article

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