Seasonal probability dispersion maps in the Mediterranean Sea obtained from the Mediterranean Forecasting System Eulerian velocity fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Pizzigalli, Claudia ^a   Rupolo, Volfango ^a   Lombardi, Emanuele ^a   Blanke, Bruno ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISPERSIONS; MAPS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; VELOCITY; WEBSITES;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DISPERSION; DRIFTER; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MAP; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; TRAJECTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 41049101852     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003870     Document Type: Article

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