A high resolution hydrodynamic 3-D model simulation of the Malta shelf area

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 1 PART 2, 2003, Pages 323-344

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental shelf processes; General; General circulation; Numerical modelling; Oceanography; Physical

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER MASS;

MALTESE SHELF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038794025     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-323-2003     Document Type: Article

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