Tides and sea level in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Monismith, Stephen G ^a   Genin, Amatzia ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Marginal sea; Tides

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL WAVE; MARGINAL SEA; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL RANGE; WIND FORCING;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 3042710806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002069     Document Type: Article

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