Temperature and salinity variability in the greek seas based on POSEIDON stations time series: Preliminary results

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 5-18

  Velaoras, D ^a   Kassis, D ^a   Perivoliotis, L ^a   Pagonis, P ^a   Hondronasios, A ^a   Nittis, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; Eastern mediterranean; Intermediate water mass formation; Operational oceanography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888426427     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.446     Document Type: Article

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