Effects of the Western Mediterranean Transition on the resident water masses: Pure warming, pure freshening and pure heaving

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-23

  Zunino, P ^a   Schroeder, K ^b   Vargas Yanez M ^a   Gasparini, G P ^b   Coppola, L ^c,d   Garcia Martinez M C ^a   Moya Ruiz, F ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Deep water formation; Salinity; Temperature; Ventilation; Water masses; Western Mediterranean Transient

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM LAYERS; DEEP WATER; DEEP WATER CONVECTION; DEEP WATER MASS; DEEP-WATER FORMATION; GULF OF LION; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; SALINITY; SALINITY CHANGE; SUBBASINS; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER COLUMNS; WATER MASS; WATER MASSES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

OCEAN HABITATS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM WATER; DEEP WATER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; VERTICAL MIXING;

GULF OF LION; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84859265990     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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