Hydrographic characteristics of water masses and circulation in the Northern Ionian Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 441-457

  Budillon, Giorgio ^a   Bue, Nadia Lo ^b   Siena, Giuseppe ^a,c   Spezie, Giancarlo ^a  

^a Centro Direzionale   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CoNISMa ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Apulian Plateau; Continental shelf and slope processes; Currents, water masses; Hydrography; Ionian Sea; Overflows

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; BOTTOM LAYERS; CLASSICAL METHODS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP LAYER; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; IONIAN SEA; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; MASS FIELDS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIPARAMETER ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE METHODS; PRIMARY SOURCES; RE-ESTABLISHING; SHORT TIME SERIES; SLOPE PROCESS; THERMOHALINE; VELOCITY FIELD; VERTICAL SECTION; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS; WATER TYPES; WINTER CONDITIONS;

BATHYMETRY; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SURVEYS; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77549083617     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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