Impacts of freshwater on the seasonal variations of surface salinity and circulation in the Caspian Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1211-1225

  Birol Kara, A ^a   Wallcraft, Alan J ^a   Joseph Metzger, E ^a   Gunduz, Murat ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea; Freshwater flux; Heat flux; HYCOM; The Volga River

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE FORCING; COORDINATE; ESTUARINE FRONT; FRESHWATER INPUT; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER;

CASPIAN SEA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VOLGA RIVER;

EID: 77953139877     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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