Near-surface circulation in the southern Gulf of Cádiz

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 11-13, 2006, Pages 1161-1181

  Machin F ^a,b   Pelegri J L ^b   Marrero Diaz A ^a   Laiz, I ^c   Ratsimandresy, A W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c BMT Cordah Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWEST ATLANTIC FISHERIES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gulf of C diz (10.5 5.5 W 33.5 37.5 N); Mass exchange; North Atlantic Central Water; Quasigeostrophic model; Salinity temperature algorithms; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

GULF OF CÁDIZ; MASS EXCHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC CENTRAL WATER; QUASIGEOSTROPHIC MODELS; SALINITY TEMPERATURE ALGORITHMS; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; DATA SET; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 33748754213     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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