The improvements of the ships of opportunity program in MFS-TEP

Ocean Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 245-258

  Manzella, G M R ^a   Reseghetti, F ^a   Coppini, G ^b   Borghini, M ^c   Cruzado, A ^d   Galli, C ^c   Gertman, I ^e   Gervais, T ^f   Hayes, D ⁱ   Millot, C ^f   Murashkovsky, A ^e   Ozsoy E ^g   Tziavos, C ^h   Velasquez, Z ^d   Zodiatis, G ⁱ  

^a ENEA CLIM   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CNR ISMAR   (Italy)

^d CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^e ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f Antenne LOB COM CNRS   (France)

^g MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; DATA TRANSMISSION; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DENSE WATER; EDDY; FORECASTING METHOD; GYRE;

LEVANTINE SEA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249699083     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-3-245-2007     Document Type: Article

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