Connectivity of North Aegean circulation to the Black Sea water budget

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 48, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-26

  Androulidakis, Yannis S ^a,b   Krestenitis, Yannis N ^a   Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Dardanelles Strait; HYCOM; Hydrodynamic circulation; North Aegean Sea

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONNECTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; DARDANELLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 84867857576     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.019     Document Type: Article

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