North-Central Aegean Sea surface and intermediate water masses and their role in triggering the Eastern Mediterranean Transient

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 58-66

  Velaoras, Dimitris ^a   Lascaratos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Deep water formation; Eastern Mediterranean Transient; Intermediate water masses; Surface water masses

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA WATERS; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; DEEPWATER; DENSE WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HELLENIC NAVY; HIGH SALINITY; INTERMEDIATE WATER MASSES; POST-PEAK; SALINITY INTRUSION; WATER MASS;

OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

SALINE WATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA PROCESSING; DEEP WATER FORMATION; DENSE WATER; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WATER;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; GREECE; LEMNOS; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 77956493086     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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