Eastern mediterranean transient and reversal of the Ionian Sea circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Borzelli, Gian Luca Eusebi ^a   Gačič, Miroslav ^b   Cardin, Vanessa ^b   Civitarese, Giuseppe ^b  

^a TELESPAZIO S P A   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VORTICITY;

ABSOLUTE DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; BAROCLINIC; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; IONIAN SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE STRUCTURES; SUDDEN CHANGE; WIND FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CYCLONE; MAP; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VORTICITY; WIND FORCING;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70350025200     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039261     Document Type: Article

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