Local versus remote wind effects on the coastal circulation of a microtidal bay in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-322

  Jordi, Antoni ^a   Basterretxea, Gotzon ^a   Wang, Dong Ping ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bays; Coastal circulation; Island trapped waves; Mediterranean Sea; Wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

BAYS; COASTAL CIRCULATION; ISLAND TRAPPED WAVES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; MARINE BIOLOGY; PARALLEL FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER WAVES;

WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AZIMUTH; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; MASS BALANCE; OCEANIC CURRENT; TRAPPED WAVE; WATER QUALITY; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALMA BAY; SPAIN;

EID: 79960442846     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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