Impact of penetrative solar radiation on the diagnosis of water mass transformation in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Bozec, Alexandra ^a,c   Boumet Aubertot, Pascale ^a   Iudicone, Daniele ^b   Crépon, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; SURFACE LAYER; WATER BUDGET; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 51449089233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004606     Document Type: Article

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