Dense water formation and cascading in the Gulf of Thermaikos (North Aegean), from observations and modelling

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 2366-2386

  Estournel, C ^a   Zervakis, V ^b   Marsaleix, P ^a   Papadopoulos, A ^b   Auclair, F ^a   Perivoliotis, L ^b   Tragou, E ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Cascading; Dense water formation; Greece; Numerical modelling; Thermaikos Gulf; Thessaloniki

Indexed keywords

DENSE WATER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; THERMAIKOS GULF; WORLD;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 28444472101     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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