The Alboran Sea mesoscale in a long term high resolution simulation: Statistical analysis

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-52

  Peliz, Alvaro ^a   Boutov, Dmitri ^a   Teles Machado, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Alboran Sea Gyres; Mesoscale variability; Strait of Gibraltar Inflow

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN SEA; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; INTRINSIC VARIABILITIES; MESOSCALE VARIABILITY; QUASI-STEADY STATE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; WIND VARIABILITIES;

KINETICS; STORMS; TRANSIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANTICYCLONE; GYRE; INFLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIT; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84883321468     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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