Mesoscale vortices in the Ligurian Sea and their effect on coastal upwelling processes

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Casella, Elisa ^a   Molcard, Anne ^b   Provenzale, Antonello ^c  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ligurian Sea; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean models

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; ANTICYCLONIC VORTICES; AREA OF INTEREST; CLIMATOLOGICAL DATASETS; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY; COASTAL UPWELLING; COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS; COMPLEX PATTERN; DATA SETS; EUPHOTIC LAYERS; LATERAL BOUNDARY; LIGURIAN SEA; LONG LASTING; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; MESOSCALE VORTICES; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; SATELLITE IMAGES; SATELLITE SST; SIMULATION RESULT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSIENT CURRENT; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WIND FORCING;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VORTEX FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PLANKTON; RESOLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79959262592     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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