An operational European global ocean observing system for the eastern Mediterranean Levantine Basin: The Cyprus Coastal Ocean Forecasting and Observing System

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Zodiatis, George ^a,b   Lardner, Robin ^a,b   Georgiou, Georgios ^b   Demirov, Encho ^c   Manzella, Giuseppe ^d   Pinardi, Nadia ^c  

^a Department of Fisheries/Marine Res   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

COASTAL MONITORING STATIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL OCEAN; MONITORING SYSTEM; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

LEVANTINE BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1642393352     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/002533203787537212     Document Type: Article

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