Surface drifter derived circulation in the northern and middle Adriatic Sea: Response to wind regime and season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ursella, Laura ^a   Poulain, Pierre Marie ^a   Signell, Richard P ^b,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DRIFTER; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RUNOFF; WIND FORCING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249818801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003177     Document Type: Article

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