Observations on the circulation of the Saronikos Gulf: A Mediterranean embayment sea border of Athens, Greece

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kontoyiannis, Harilaos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; HEATING; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ANTICYCLONIC FLOW; ATHENS , GREECE; ATMOSPHERIC HEATING; LIMITED SPACE; OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS; SARONIKOS GULF; THERMOHALINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW STRUCTURE; TIME-SCALES; WIND-DRIVEN FLOWS;

WIND;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ANTICYCLONE; MEANDER; PYCNOCLINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AEGEAN SEA; ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONIKOS GULF;

EID: 77954517876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005026     Document Type: Article

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