The Gulf of Cadiz-Alboran Sea sub-basin: Model setup, exchange and seasonal variability

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-67

  Peliz, Alvaro ^a   Boutov, Dmitri ^a   Cardoso, Rita M ^a   Delgado, Javier ^b   Soares, Pedro M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gulf of Cadiz Alboran Sea sub basin; ROMS; Strait of Gibraltar exchange; Western Mediterranean; WRF

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA FLUX; ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC WATER; BAROTROPIC MODE; CRITICAL ISSUES; GULF OF CADIZ; HIGH RESOLUTION; LONG-TERM MOORINGS; MAIN MODE; MIXING PROCESS; MODEL RESULTS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; SUBBASINS; WATER MASS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN; WRF;

MOORING; ROM;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; INFLOW; MIXING; MODELING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND FORCING;

ALBORAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84870849911     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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