On the onset of the Gulf of Cadiz Coastal Countercurrent

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Teles Machado, Ana ^a   Peliz, Álvaro ^a   Dubert, Jesus ^a   Sánchez, Ricardo F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WIND;

COUNTERFLOW RECURRENT; LEVANTER EPISODES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; COUNTERCURRENT; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 38849194010     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030091     Document Type: Article

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