Fresh evidence relating the great Adriatic surge of 21 June 1978 to mesoscale atmospheric forcing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Orlić, Mirko ^a   Belušić, Danijel ^a   Janeković, Ivica ^b   Pasarić, Miroslava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

ADRIATIC; ADVANCED CIRCULATION MODELS; ADVANCED RESEARCHES; AIR PRESSURES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL AREA; CREST HEIGHTS; FOUR-PHASE; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHIC MODELS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; VARIABLE BATHYMETRY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WEST COAST;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77954491243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005777     Document Type: Article

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