Rectilinear and circular inertial motions in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1441-1455

  Van Haren, Hans ^a   Millot, Claude ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Antenne LOB COM CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Algerian Basin; Internal gravity and gyroscopic waves; Near inertial motions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONES; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; POLARIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES; STRATIFIED WATERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; WATER MASS;

ALGERIAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 5644270211     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.07.009     Document Type: Article

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