Additional evidence of LIW entrainment across the Algerian subbasin by mesoscale eddies and not by a permanent westward flow

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 231-250

  Millot, C ^a   Taupier Letage, I ^a  

^a CNRS Univ de la Méditerranée   (France)

Author keywords

Algerian subbasin; General circulation; LIW; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale eddies

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CIRCULATION DIAGRAMS; INFRARED SATELLITE INFORMATION; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATER (LIW); WESTWARD FLOW;

SURFACE WATERS;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 21144456206     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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