Wind forcing of the coastal circulation off north and northwest Iberia: Comparison of atmospheric models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Otero, Pablo ^a   Ruiz Villarreal, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DOWNWELLING; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57549102247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004740     Document Type: Article

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