Long-term monitoring programme of the hydrological variability in the Mediterranean Sea: A first overview of the HYDROCHANGES network

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-324

  Schroeder, K ^a   Millot, C ^b,c,d   Bengara, L ^e   Ben Ismail, S ^f   Bensi, M ^g   Borghini, M ^a   Budillon, G ^h   Cardin, V ^g   Coppola, L ^i,j   Curtil, C ^k   Drago, A ^l   El Moumni, B ^e   Font, J ^m   Fuda, J L ^b   Garcia Lafuente J ⁿ   Gasparini, G P ^a   Kontoyiannis, H ^o   Lefevre, D ^b   Puig, P ^m   Raimbault, P ^b   Rougier, G ^b   Salat, J ^m   Sammari, C ^f   Sanchez Garrido J C ⁿ   Sanchez Roman, A ⁿ   Sparnocchia, S ^p   Tamburini, C ^b   Taupier Letage, I ^b   Theocharis, A ^m   Vargas Yanez M ^q   Vetrano, A ^a   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^k CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^m INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^o INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^p INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^q Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOORING SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; WATER MASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84879072036     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-301-2013     Document Type: Article

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