High-resolution nested model simulations of the climatological circulation in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART 2, 2003, Pages 267-280

  Brenner, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continental shelf processes; General; Numerical modelling; Ocean prediction; Oceanography

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONALITY;

(SOUTHEAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038509010     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-267-2003     Document Type: Article

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