Two-way nested model of mesoscale circulation features in the Ligurian Sea

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 171-189

  Barth, A ^a,c   Alvera Azcarate A ^a   Rixen, M ^b   Beckers, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Corsican Current; Ligurian Sea; Northern Current; Two way nested models; Western Corsican Current

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

MEANDERS; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; WATER LENSES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444451452     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.017     Document Type: Article

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