What induced the exceptional 2005 convection event in the northwestern Mediterranean basin? Answers from a modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Herrmann, Marine ^a   Sevault, Florence ^a   Beuvier, Jonathan ^a,b   Somot, Samuel ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b IMSIA UMR CNRS 9219 EdF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CONTROL SIMULATION; CONVECTION PROCESS; DEEP WATER; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN WATERS; MODELING STUDIES; NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; SALT CONTENT; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; STRONG CONVECTIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

HEAT CONVECTION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OPEN OCEAN; SALT WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 78650499468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006162     Document Type: Article

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