Projected future wave climate in the NW Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3548-3568

  Casas Prat, M ^a   Sierra, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

climate change; Mediterranean Sea; wave climate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

CIRCULATION MODELS; EXTREME CLIMATES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL MODELING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NW MEDITERRANEAN; REGIONAL MODEL; WAVE CLIMATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MAGNITUDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAVE CLIMATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84885169831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20233     Document Type: Article

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