On the descent of dense water on a complex canyon system in the southern Adriatic basin

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-29

  Rubino, Angelo ^a   Romanenkov, Dmitry ^a,f   Zanchettin, Davide ^a,g   Cardin, Vanessa ^b   Hainbucher, Dagmar ^c   Bensi, Manuel ^b   Boldrin, Alfredo ^d   Langone, Leonardo ^e   Miserocchi, Stefano ^e   Turchetto, Margherita ^d  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^e ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^f Institute of Oceanology   (Russian Federation)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bari canyon system; Bottom arrested currents; Deep water export; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

CANYON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSE WATER; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER FLOW;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84864613893     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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