Baroclinic and wind-induced circulation in Tarragona harbour (northeastern Spain)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-238

  Mestres, Marc ^a   Sierra, Joan Pau ^b   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baroclinic circulation; Harbours; Mediterranean Sea; Modelling; Residence time; Spain; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; HARBOR; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 34447635203     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n2223     Document Type: Article

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