Water mass variation in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 59-60, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-182

  Fenoglio Marc, L ^a   Rietbroek, R ^b   Grayek, S ^c   Becker, M ^a   Kusche, J ^b   Stanev, E ^c,d  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black Sea; GRACE; Mass change; Mediterranean Sea; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

BLACK SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84863834256     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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