Simulating the formation and fate of dense water in a midlatitude marginal sea during normal and warm winter conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 885-900

  Querin, Stefano ^a   Cossarini, Gianpiero ^a   Solidoro, Cosimo ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEAWATER;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; SEAWATER TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURES;

STREAM FLOW;

DEEP WATER FORMATION; DENSE WATER; MARGINAL SEA; MASS TRANSPORT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHELF BREAK; STRAIT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WINTER;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; LECCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OTRANTO; PUGLIA;

EID: 84878922101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20092     Document Type: Article

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