The western alboran gyre helps ventilate the western mediterranean deep water through gibraltar

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-163

  Naranjo, Cristina ^a   García Lafuente, Jesús ^a   Sánchez Garrido, Jose C ^a   Sánchez Román, Antonio ^a   Delgado Cabello, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Gyre; Deep water ventilation; Strait of Gibraltar; Western Mediterranean Deep Water

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN GYRE; ALBORAN SEA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEEP WATER; GIBRALTARS; LONG TIME SERIES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VARIABLE PROPERTY; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

VENTILATION;

CORRELATION; DEEP WATER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER DEPTH;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84859891094     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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