Weakening thermohaline circulation in the Adriatic Sea

Climate Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217-225

  Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Šepić, Jadranka ^a   Proust, Nicolas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Institute of Engineering Sciences of Toulon and Var   (France)

Author keywords

Deep thermohaline circulation; Dissolved oxygen; Long term trends; Mediterranean; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; AQUATIC SYSTEM; DENSE WATERS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENTS; LEVANTINE INTERMEDIATE WATERS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LONG-TERM TREND; MEDITERRANEAN; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES; SALINITY; SALINITY TRENDS; THERMOHALINE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

DIGITAL STORAGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LASERS; SALINE WATER; TEMPERATURE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; DATA PROCESSING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER FLOW;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84873026358     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01128     Document Type: Article

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