Turbulence in the wintertime northern Adriatic Sea under strong atmospheric forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Peters, Hartmut ^a   Lee, Craig M ^b   Orlić, Mirko ^c   Dorman, Clive E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND STRESS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249814645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003634     Document Type: Article

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