The circulation of the western Mediterranean Sea in spring 2005 as inferred from observations and from model outputs

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 947-965

  Schroeder, K ^a   Taillandier, V ^b   Vetrano, A ^a   Gasparini, G P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Circulation; Geostrophic transport; Intercomparison; Modeling; Water masses; Western Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BOX MODELS; CIRCULATION; DIRECT CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; FLOW FIELDS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INSTANTANEOUS CURRENT; INTERCOMPARISON; INVERSE SOLUTIONS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL SIMULATIONS; QUALITATIVE KNOWLEDGE; SPATIAL SCALING; VELOCITY FIELDS; WATER FLUXES; WATER MASSES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

CIRCULATION; CURRENT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPRING (SEASON); WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 47149085406     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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