Teleconnections between the Adriatic and the Balearic meteotsunamis

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 928-937

  Šepić, Jadranka ^a   Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Monserrat, Sebastian ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Ciutadella; Meteotsunami; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC GRAVITY WAVES; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CIUTADELLA; METEOTSUNAMI; TELECONNECTIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; GRAVITY WAVE; SEA LEVEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; TSUNAMI;

ADRIATIC SEA; BALEARIC ISLANDS; CIUDADELA; CROATIA; DUBROVNIK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70449527484     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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