Seasonal variability in the Central Mediterranean Sea circulation

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART 2, 2003, Pages 299-322

  Sorgente, R ^a   Drago, A F ^b   Ribotti, A ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

currents; General; General circulation; Numerical modelling; Oceanography; Physical

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

(CENTRAL); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038509009     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-299-2003     Document Type: Article

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