Importance of the variability of hydrographic preconditioning for deep convection in the Gulf of Lion, NW Mediterranean

Ocean Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 573-586

  Grignon, L ^a   Smeed, D A ^a   Bryden, H L ^a   Schroeder, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR ISMAR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE FLUX;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77953666709     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-6-573-2010     Document Type: Article

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