A strong bora event in the Gulf of Trieste: A numerical study of wind driven circulation in stratified conditions with a pre-operational model

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 185-206

  Crise, Alessandro ^a   Querin, Stefano ^a   Malačič, Vlado ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bora wind; EKMAN layer; Mixing; Upwelling; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

EKMAN LAYER; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 35948954391     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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