Leaking method approach to surface transport in the Mediterranean Sea from a numerical ocean model

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 111-126

  Schneider, Judit ^a   Fernández, Vicente ^b   Hernández García, Emilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamical structures; Exchange rates; Lagrangian transport; Mediterranean Sea; Ocean modellxing

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EDDY STRUCTURES; LAGRANGIAN DIFFUSION; LEAKING METHOD; SURFACE TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; WATER EXCHANGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 22744439602     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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