Tyrrhenian Sea circulation and water mass fluxes in spring 2004: Observations and model results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Vetrano, A ^a   Napolitano, E ^b   Iacono, R ^b   Schroeder, K ^a   Gasparini, G P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT;

ACTIVE REGIONS; BOX MODELS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MESOSCALE; MODEL RESULTS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WATER MASS; WATER MASS FLUX;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 77954521186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005680     Document Type: Article

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