Comparison of Mediterranean sea level variability as given by three baroclinic models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Calafat, F M ^a   Jord, G ^a   Marcos, M ^a   Gomis, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX;

BAROCLINIC MODELS; DEEP LAYER; DENSE WATERS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FORCINGS; GIBRALTARS; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MEAN SEA LEVEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODEL RESULTS; OCEAN MODEL; REGIONAL MODEL; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SEA LEVEL VARIABILITY; STERIC SEA LEVEL; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; UPPER LAYER; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; HYDROGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84856965583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007277     Document Type: Article

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