Circulation and winter deep-water formation in the northern Red Sea

Oceanologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-23

  Manasrah, Riyad ^a   Badran, Mohammad ^a   Lass, Hans Ulrich ^b   Fennel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circulation; Deep water formation; Eddies; Gulf of Aqaba; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER FORMATION; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CURRENT; WATER MASS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 1842780205     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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