A nested circulation model for the North Aegean Sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Kourafalou, V ^a,b   Tsiaras, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CURRENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW FIELD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NESTEDNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; CANAKKALE; DARDANELLES; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 33846489140     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-3-1-2007     Document Type: Article

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