Surface current variability and wind influence in the northeastern Adriatic Sea as observed from high-frequency (HF) radar measurements

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Cosoli, Simone ^a   Gačić, Miroslav ^a   Mazzoldi, Andrea ^b  

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

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adiatic Sea; High frequency radars; Surface circulation; Tides; Wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR; SEA BREEZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CURRENT; TIMESCALE; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84855252302     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2011.11.008     Document Type: Review

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