Long-term heat flux variability and winter convection in the Adriatic Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Cardin, Vanessa ^a   Gačić, Miroslav ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Heat flux variability; Oceanography; Winter convection

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CONVECTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0345907928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001645     Document Type: Article

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