An eddy-permitting model of the Mediterranean Sea with a two-way grid refinement at the Strait of Gibraltar

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-72

  Sannino, G ^a   Herrmann, M ^a   Carillo, A ^a   Rupolo, V ^a   Ruggiero, V ^b   Artale, V ^a   Heimbach, P ^c  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b CASPUR   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean ocean model; Strait of Gibraltar; Two way grid refinement

Indexed keywords

EDDY-PERMITTING MODEL; GRID REFINEMENT; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN OCEAN MODEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; TWO-WAY GRID REFINEMENT; WATER COLUMNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

SIMULATORS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; OCEANIC CONVECTION; STRATIFICATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER COLUMN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 67650506009     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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