Deep flow variability in a deeply incised Mediterranean submarine valley (Blanes canyon)

Progress in Oceanography

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-60

  Jorda, G ^a   Flexas, M M ^a,d   Espino, M ^b   Calafat, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANYON TOPOGRAPHIES; CANYON WALLS; CURRENT VARIABILITY; DEEP CURRENTS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; MEAN INTENSITY; SUBMARINE VALLEYS; TOTAL VARIANCE;

AQUACULTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BATHYMETRY; CANYON; DATA SET; INSTRUMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPWELLING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84888048313     PISSN: 00796611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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