Interaction of a coastal current with a Gulf: Application to the shelf circulation of the Gulf of Lions in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 188-206

  Echevin, Vincent ^a   Crepon, Michel ^a   Mortier, Laurent ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ENSTA PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GULF OF LIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0141675181     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0188:IOACCW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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