A one-way nested eddy resolving model of the Aegean and Levantine basins: Implementation and climatological runs

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART I, 2003, Pages 205-220

  Korres, G ^a   Lascaratos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

General (numerical modelling); Oceanography; Physical (general circulation; air sea interactions)

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038509012     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-205-2003     Document Type: Article

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