Hydrography of the eastern part of the aegean sea during the eastern mediterranean transient (EMT)

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 502-515

  Sayin, Erdem ^a   Eronat, Canan ^a   Uçkaç, Şeniz ^a   Beşiktepe, Şükrü T ^a  

^a DEU Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Cascading; Deep Water Formation; Eastern Mediterranean Transient; Hydrography; Water Mass

Indexed keywords

AEGEAN SEA; CASCADING; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HYDROGRAPHY; WATER MASS;

HYDROLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW;

NAVIGATION;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; DATA SET; DEEP WATER FORMATION; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROGRAPHY; MIXING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER MASS; WIND VELOCITY;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

VINDULA ARSINOE;

EID: 80051901334     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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