Seasonal and interannual variability of surface heat and freshwater fluxes in the Mediterranean Sea: Budgets and exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-302

  Criado Aldeanueva, Francisco ^a   Soto Navarro, F Javier ^a   García Lafuente, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heat and freshwater fluxes; Mediterranean Sea; Seasonal and interannual variability; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATASETS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HEAT ADVECTION; HEAT BUDGET; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; WATER BUDGET; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

BUDGET CONTROL; HEAT FLUX;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADVECTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84855875341     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2268     Document Type: Article

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