Variations of thermal conditions in the southern Adriatic from XBT measurements in the period October 2002 - June 2003

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 19-31

  Gačić, Miroslav ^a   Cardin, Vanessa ^a   Kovaěvic, Vedrana ^a  

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

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Air sea interaction; Oceanic convertion; XBT measurements

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BATHYMETRY; BUOYANCY; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; MIXING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 35948993459     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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