Variability of water mass properties in the last two decades in the South Adriatic Sea with emphasis on the period 2006-2009

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 951-965

  Cardin, Vanessa ^a   Bensi, Manuel ^a   Pacciaroni, Massimo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Deep convection; OMP analyses; Thermohaline properties

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SALINITY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79955741998     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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