Effects of extreme meteorological conditions on coastal dynamics near a submarine canyon

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1033-1045

  Skliris, N ^a   Lacroix, G ^b   Djenidi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corsica; Downwelling; Mediterranean Sea; Modelling; Shelf edge dynamics; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DIFFUSION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE CANYON; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND FORCING;

EID: 2642514219     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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