Interannual salinification of the Mediterranean inflow

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Millot, Claude ^a  

^a Antenne LOB COM CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DENSIFICATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SALINIFICATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSITY; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER FLOW;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 38549084799     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031179     Document Type: Article

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