Climatology and reconstruction of runoff time series in northwest Iberia: Influence in the shelf buoyancy budget off Ría de Vigo;Climatología y reconstrucción de series temporales de descarga fluvial en el Noroeste de Iberia: Influencia en el balance de densidad sobre la plataforma

Scientia Marina

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 247-266

  Otero, Pablo ^a   Ruiz Villarreal, Manuel ^a   Peliz, Álvaro ^b   Cabanas, José Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Buoyant flux; Climatology; Iberia; R a de Vigo; River plumes; Runoff

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PONTEVEDRA [GALICIA]; RIA DE VIGO; RIAS BAJAS; SPAIN;

EID: 77955832365     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2010.74n2247     Document Type: Article

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