On the bottom density plume on coastal zone off Gargano (Italy) in the southern Adriatic Sea and its interannual variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wang, X Hua ^a   Oddo, P ^b   Pinardi, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY CURRENT; DENSITY FRONT; HEAT FLUX; MASS TRANSPORT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERTURBATION; PLUME; RUNOFF; WIND FORCING;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARGANO PROMONTORY; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249800381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003110     Document Type: Article

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