Water mass characteristics in the deep layers of the western Ionian Basin observed during May 2003

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Hainbucher, D ^a   Rubino, A ^a,b   Klein, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BOTTOM-ARRESTED CURRENTS; DENSE WATERS; OCEANIC REGION; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEEP SEA; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER MASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TARANTO;

EID: 33646340679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025318     Document Type: Article

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