Mixed layer depth in the Aegean, Marmara, Black and Azov Seas: Part I: General features

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Helber, Robert W ^a   Boyer, Timothy P ^b   Elsner, James B ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Kriging; Mixed layer depth; The Aegean and Black Seas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INTERPOLATION; MEDIAN FILTERS;

ACOUSTIC PROPAGATION; BLACK SEA; CLIMATOLOGICAL FIELDS; CONTROL PROCEDURES; CURVATURE METHOD; KRIGING; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

CLIMATOLOGY; CURVATURE; DATA SET; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MIXED LAYER; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 77952991026     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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