Operational oceanography in the Mediterranean Sea: The second stage of development

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 263-267

  Pinardi, N ^a   Coppini, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77249111937     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-263-2010     Document Type: Review

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