On the relationship between the water mass pathways and eddy variability in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Demirov, E K ^a   Pinardi, N ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DEEP WATER; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MASS TRANSPORT; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

ALGERIAN BASIN; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 34547866666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003174     Document Type: Article

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