Transit and residence times in the Adriatic Sea surface as derived from drifter data and Lagrangian numerical simulations

Ocean Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 713-720

  Poulain, P M ^a   Hariri, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; OCEAN BASIN; RESIDENCE TIME; SEA SURFACE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84883188385     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-9-713-2013     Document Type: Article

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