Observing the bottom density current over a shelf using an Argo profiling float

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 910-915

  Vilibic̈, Ivica ^a   Mihanovic̈, Hrvoje ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Argo floats; density currents; Keywords; shelf

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SHELF; ARGO FLOAT; BOTTOM DENSITY CURRENT; DENSITY CURRENTS; KEYWORDS; PROFILING FLOAT; SHELF; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL CHANGES;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; DENSE WATER; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 84876808132     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50215     Document Type: Article

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