Impact of Levantine Intermediate Water on the interannual variability of the Adriatic Sea based on simulations with a fine resolution ocean model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-263

  Gunduz, Murat ^a,b   Dobricic, Srdjan ^b   Oddo, Paolo ^c   Pinardi, Nadia ^c   Guarnieri, Antonio ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Dense water; LIW; Ocean model; Open boundary

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; DENSE WATERS; LIW; OCEAN MODEL; OPEN BOUNDARIES;

STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84887525962     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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