A climatology of the northern Adriatic Sea's response to bora and river forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Jeffiries, Marlene A ^a   Lee, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MAPS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND STRESS;

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249805127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003664     Document Type: Article

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