Using Self-Organising Maps to investigate long-term changes in deep Adriatic water patterns

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-711

  Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Mihanović, Hrvoje ^b   Šepić, Jadranka ^a   Matijević, Slavica ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Long term measurements; Self Organising Maps method; Water masses

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEEP WATER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER MASS; WATER QUALITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79952534542     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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