MedArgo: A drifting profiler program in the Mediterranean Sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-395

  Poulain, P M ^a   Barbanti, R ^a   Font, J ^b   Cruzado, A ^c   Millot, C ^d   Gertman, I ^e   Griffa, A ^f   Molcard, A ^g   Rupolo, V ^h   Le Bras, S ⁱ   De La Villeon, L Petit ⁱ  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d Laboratoire d'Océanographie et de Biogéochimie LOB CNRS   (France)

^e ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^h ENEA   (Italy)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING METHOD; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFILER; RESEARCH VESSEL; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES;

EID: 34547830842     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-3-379-2007     Document Type: Article

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