Mediterranean Sea level and barotropic flow through the Strait of Gibraltar for the period 1958-2001 and reconstructed since 1659

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Gomis, Damia ^a   Tsimplis, M N ^b   Martin Miguez B ^c   Ratsimandresy, A W ^c   Garcia Lafuente J ^d   Josey, S A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Area del Medio Físico Puertos del Estado ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC MOTION; EVAPORATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL; WIND;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 34548573652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003186     Document Type: Article

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