Atmospheric origin of the devastating coupled air-sea event in the east Adriatic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Belušić, Danijel ^a   Grisogono, Branko ^a   Klaić, Zvjezdana Bencetić ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER WAVES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 35748949275     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008204     Document Type: Article

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