Near-inertial and tidal currents detected with a vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler in the western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Garcia Gorriz, E ^a   Candela, J ^b   Font, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CtrInvestCienEducSuper Ensenada   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profiler; Alboran Sea; Catalan Sea; Inertial currents; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CORIOLIS FORCE; OCEAN TIDE; TIDAL CURRENT;

ALBORAN SEA; CATALAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0041823239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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