Circulation of the mediterranean sea and its variability

The Climate of the Mediterranean Region

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-256

  Schroeder, Katrin ^a   Garcìa Lafuente, Jesus ^b   Josey, Simon A ^c   Artale, Vincenzo ^d   Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno ^e   Carrillo, Adriana ^d   Gačić, Miroslav ^f   Gasparini, Gian Pietro ^a   Herrmann, Marine ^g   Lionello, Piero ^h   Ludwig, Wolfgang ⁱ   Millot, Claude ^j   Özsoy, Emin ^a   Pisacane, Giovanna ^d   Sánchez Garrido, Jose C ^b   Sannino, Gianmaria ^d   Santoleri, Rosalia ^e   Somot, Samuel ^g   Struglia, Mariavittoria ^d   Stanev, Emil ^l   Taupier Letage, Isabelle ^k   Tsimplis, Michael N ^m   Vargas Yáñez, Manuel ^m   Zervakis, Vassilis ⁿ   Zodiatis, George ^o   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

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

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^j LOPB COM CNRS   (France)

^k MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^m Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416042-2.00003-3     Document Type: Chapter

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