Circulation and hydrological characteristics of the North Aegean Sea: A contribution from real-time buoy measurements

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-32

  Nittis, K ^a   Perivoliotis, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buoys; Mesoscale features; Monitoring systems; Ocean circulation; Satellite sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844490516     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.255     Document Type: Article

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