Daily oceanographic analyses by Mediterranean Forecasting System at the basin scale

Ocean Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Dobricic, S ^a   Pinardi, N ^b   Adani, M ^a   Tonani, M ^a   Fratianni, C ^a   Bonazzi, A ^a   Fernandez, V ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BASIN ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROFILER; SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 33947189161     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-3-149-2007     Document Type: Article

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