Flow variability in the Strait of Gibraltar: The Mediterranean adjustment to tidal forcing

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-470

  Harzallah, Ali ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Density; Mediterranean Sea; Ocean circulation; Strait of Gibraltar; Tide; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PHASE INTERFACES; VELOCITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; DENSITY; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DEPTH VARIATIONS; EXPERIMENT DATUM; FLOW VARIABILITIES; GIBRALTARS; MASS VARIATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PARAMETERISATION; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TIDAL FORCING; TIME-SCALE; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERNAL TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; TIDE; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 61549137490     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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