Surface circulation in the Gulf of Cadiz: 2. Inflow-outflow coupling and the Gulf of Cadiz slope current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Peliz, Alvaro ^a   Marchesiello, Patrick ^b   Santos, A Miguel P ^c   Dubert, Jesus ^d   Teles Machado, Ana ^d   Marta Almeida, Martinho ^d   Le Cann, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; COUPLING SYSTEMS; GULF OF CADIZ; INFLOW-OUTFLOW; LOW CORRELATION; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELING; SEASONAL FORCING; SLOPE CURRENTS; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SURFACE CIRCULATION; TIME-SCALE; WIND FORCING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; INFLOW; OPEN OCEAN; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 67649236004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004771     Document Type: Article

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