Surface geostrophic circulation of the mediterranean sea derived from drifter and satellite altimeter data

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 973-990

  Poulain, Pierre Marie ^a   Menna, Milena ^a   Mauri, Elena ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; COASTAL CURRENTS; DRIFTER DATUM; IONIAN SEA; LEBANON; LOW-PASS FILTERING; MEAN CURRENTS; MEAN FLOW; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTI-YEAR PERIODS; SATELLITE ALTIMETER DATA; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPANISH COASTS; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; VELOCITY MAPS;

KINETIC ENERGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SURFACE WATERS;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS;

COASTAL CURRENT; DRIFTER; EDDY; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ALGERIAN BASIN; IONIAN SEA; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; STRAIT OF SICILY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TURKEY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 84864515307     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0159.1     Document Type: Article

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